{"id":2808,"date":"2014-03-04T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2014-03-05T02:43:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T02:43:24","slug":"king-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=2808","title":{"rendered":"King cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, happy FatTuesday everybody! <\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m super excited to share with you all what is the final recipe for king cake that I ever plan on making. <\/p>\n<p>Why?  Because it is the best.<\/p>\n<p>Also, bonus!, is the fact that this is just the easiest dough that I have ever worked with!  I actually plan on using it for other breads as well throughout the year \u2013 that&#8217;s how much I like the dough.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveur.com\/article\/Recipes\/King-Cake\">here<\/a> in the Saveur website.  <\/p>\n<p>And, to illustrate, let me share with you some poorly illuminated images from my baking effort last night.<\/p>\n<p>Here, you see the beautiful, glossy (but not sticky) dough, ready to be rolled out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132503.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132503.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-132503.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, you roll the dough into a big circle. Then you tear a small hole in the middle. The filling is spread around the opening, leaving a little space, of course.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132648.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132648.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-132648.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here also is the young helper, ready to help me enclose the filling.<\/p>\n<p>Ready for a second rise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132937.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-132937.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-132937.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baked!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133033.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133033.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-133033.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The glazed and sugared cake.  (Sorry that it&#8217;s not on a beautiful platter, I don&#8217;t have one that is anywhere near big enough.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133119.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133119.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-133119.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cross-section shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133317.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140304-133317.jpg\" alt=\"20140304-133317.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so that&#8217;s it! Let me reiterate this is the easiest dough to work with &#8211;ever! Also, it is absolutely delicious and, as Jon Barlow said today, this recipe totally cracks the code on king cake.  He should know, he grew up eating them every February of his life.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Tuesday, y&#8217;all!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, happy FatTuesday everybody! Today, I&#8217;m super excited to share with you all what is the final recipe for king cake that I ever plan on making. Why? Because it is the best. 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