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Easy King Cake Recipe

King Cake Recipe

All Hail the King Cake! We have the King of cakes himself in our kingdom ofrecipes today This king cake recipe is incredibly tasty; though not the fastest to cook. But that won’t matter, because the results of your hard work will be satisfactory and YUMMY.
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 2 packages active dry yeast
  • ½ cup warm water
  • ¾ cup sugar (divided: it won’t be used all at once)
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • ½ cup warm milk
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 large egg, beaten

GLAZE: 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar

  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 2 or 3 tablespoons water
  • Green, purple and yellow sugars

Instructions
 

  • Step 1: Take a large bowl and dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add ½ cup sugar,butter, milk, egg yolks, salt, lemon, zest, nutmeg, and 2 cups of flour.Beat this mixture until it turns smooth, then gradually add the remainingwhile stirring until you get a soft, “sticky” dough.
  • Step 2: Put the dough on a floured surface and knead until it’s smooth and elastic.Grease a large bowl and turn the dough over in it to grease the top. Coverthe dough and let it rise for about an hour (until it’s double it’s initial size).
  • Step 3: Punch the dough down and put it on a lightly floured, flat surface. Roll itinto a 16×10 inches rectangle.Combine the cinnamon and the remaining sugar, then sprinkle it over thedough (don’t sprinkle on about half an inch of the edges). Start with a longside and roll like a jelly-roll. Pinch the seam to seal it.
  • Step 4: Place this roll on a greased baking sheet with the seam side down. Join theends of the roll to form a ring and pinch the ends to seal. Cover it and let itrise again for 1 hour or until it is doubled.
  • Step 5: Brush with egg and bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 375°F (or until it turnsgolden brown). And let it cool completely on a wire rack.

FOR GLAZE:

  • Mix the confectioners’ sugar, lemon juice, and water (enough to make it asconsistent as desired). Spread over the cake and sprinkle the colored sugarsover it.
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