I used Kittee Kake's recipe, since she is the Queen of Vegan King Cakes. I was fresh out of plastic babies, so I took Kittee's suggestion and used a white bean instead. I took the cake to work and my co-worker Mary had the first slice, and lo and behold, she got the bean baby. That means she's supposed to bring the king cake to work next year, but I suspect I'll have to do it anyway.I used a very basic cinnamon-sugar-Earth Balance filling, so it tasted a little like a big ole cinnamon roll:
After my king cake breakfast, I had a work-related meeting at Republic Coffee, a fun little Midtown coffeehouse, and they were offering a Praline Latte for Fat Tuesday. Of course, I had one ... with soy, no whip.Dinner was a cookbook tester with a Cajun theme, but I'll share those pictures tomorrow. It was too dark to get a good shot at dinnertime. Now my boyfriend and I are about to wrap up the evening with a couple of Abita beers, the local beer of New Orleans.
Happy Fat Tuesday ... or what's left of it!
23 comments:
Ack! I totally didn't realize it was fat Tuesday! I've never had King Cake... I did have pancakes though :)
it's gorgeous! i've never had king cake either! how about katie and i come over next year and you fix that?
You mean you don't have plastic babies around the house? Psh.
Your Awesome!!!!
This looks delicious!!!!
I ahve only had King cake once, and I loved it, this makes me wanna have a slice right now! Put on the coffee, I am coming over!!!! LOL
That cake looks like so much fun! Wow! I love it! That would be a fun recipe to try! :)
I didn't realise you guys call it Fat Tuesday! Over here it's Shrover Tuesday or Pancake day. Your eats looked delish! Are you giving anything up for lent?
I didn't realize it was fat Tuesday until just now - and it's Wednesday. :( Ah, well my leftover chocolate stock from this weekend was mostly devoured yesterday, so that must count for something :P
I've never had a Kind Cake but that looks really delicious :)
I love how you used the Mardi Gras coloured sugar for the cake! I've never heard of a King Cake before. Sounds like a cool tradition.
Hey Bianca,
Thanks for keeping this blog. I've linked to it from the email about www.Bluesalicious.com and I see you got 30 click-thrus from it.
I think our readers are looking for vegan options for eating out while they're in Memphis, if you have suggestions. Thanks!
I've actually never had king cake before! I would have liked to have tried yours! Looks awesome!
That King Cake looks super tasty!
JEALOUS of the king cake....looks so good!
happy belated fat tuesday to you! that cake, I swear...drooltastic.
fat tuesday - love it!
your king cake looks awesome.
We went to Mardi Gras at our church last night and the cake looked just like that (same colored sugar)! I would bet that ours wasn't vegan, though!
What a beautiful King Cake! I love how often you bring sweets to work. Your office must love you! Why don't I work with you?!
I've never had king cake. I hope one day to try it.
I've never had King Cake either, but I always admire it when I see it.
Beautiful! That looks even better than any of the king cakes I've eaten. I used to love king cake and all it's sugary goodness :)
Actually, it's French for "let roll the good weather / the good time (in a more abstract sense)." Sorry, that's my compulsive French minor showing its ugly face. Yummy-looking cake though!
loooks so goood! this was the first mardi gras in 9 years that i missed. so sad.
xo
kittee
Oh man, I really want to try King Cake!
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