My First King Cake

I love the challenge of baking something I haven't made before, so I was excited to be asked to make a King Cake for a client's Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration. King Cake is basically a cross between a cinnamon bun and a cake; it's a yeast cake with a cinnamon filling and a powdered sugar glaze that's decorated with colored sugar in the Mardi Gras colors of green, purple, and yellow (gold). As is the tradition, I hid a plastic baby inside the cake; the person who finds it is crowned the King of Mardi Gras and is supposed to bring the King Cake to the next year's celebration. I was happy to hear from the client that the cake was a huge hit!