King Cake

  
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This cake is delicious filled with pecans but king cakes can be filled with anything or nothing. Traditionally, the cake has a doll in it and whoever got the doll was king. The tradition has become whoever gets the doll gets to buy the next cake. It is round to represent the crown of the king. It is green, purple, and gold for various reasons. The first Rex costume was that color because it was a costume borrowed from a play that was in New Orleans. But the colors do have symbolism as well. Green is for faith. Purple is for justice and gold is for power. The colors influenced LSU's and Tulane's, the two predominant universities in Louisiana, school colors. The LSU Tigers are purple and gold. Tulane is the Green Wave.

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Guest - Feb 04, 2006 07:41 PM EDT
Thanks for bringing up an oldie but goodie.
Guest - Feb 03, 2006 03:11 PM EDT
news to me too. am sure it's very tasty, but the colours on the icing put me off a bit : ) altho can understand the significance
Guest - Feb 05, 2005 03:16 AM EDT
Thank you. That is a natural part of Louisiana.
Guest - Feb 05, 2005 12:26 AM EDT
Very interesting.. never heard of a king cake.. nice to hear the story behind it..

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