1/31/21 Family Service

 

1/24/21 Family Service

 

1/17/21 Family Service

 

1/10/21 Family Service

Super Simple Cinnamon Roll King Cake Tutorial

 

Here is a simple recipe for a King Cake, a traditional Epiphany treat. This is a simplified New Orleans-style King Cake.  If you prefer a French-style Galette des Rois, my favorite recipe for that kind of King Cake is this one by David Lebovitz. It's a little more work but is delicious!  

A king cake is round like the crowns of the three kings and also to remind us of Christ the King! It is decorated with three colors: purple for justice, green for faith, and gold for power. If you want to be really traditional, after the cake is baked you can hide a plastic baby, whole almond, or small figurine (if you have ever purchased a king cake from a bakery you might have received a ceramic "feve" with it.  These can be any shape at all. Some are more traditional than others, and some represent the bakery your king cake is from - I have one that's shaped like an eclair! I usually save mine for future king cakes.) Whoever finds the baby is king/queen for the day and has to wear a paper crown (click for a printable!) and has to make or buy next year's king cake! Some parents prefer to sneak one into each child's slice as they are cutting and serving the cake so that all of the children get to wear a crown. 

Ingredients:

• Refrigerated cinnamon roll dough (I prefer the ones that are actually spirals of dough with filling, not the biscuit-like ones)
• Granulated sugar (a few tablespoons, as needed)
• Food coloring (purple, green, and yellow or mix your own from primary colors!)
• 3 small jars, ziplocks, or bowls to use to color the sugar

Instructions:

1. Arrange the cinnamon roll dough into a crown shape on a baking sheet, slightly overlapping the cinnamon rolls.
2. Bake according to the package directions, but be prepared to leave it in a minute or two longer due to the thicker overlapped sections.
3. While the cake bakes, color the sugar.  Put about a tablespoon of sugar into a jar/ziplock/small bowl.  Mix it with a couple drops of food coloring.  You can shake, knead it together in a ziplock, or use a fork. Repeat with the other two colors. 
4. Cool the king cake, then cover the top with the icing that came with the cinnamon rolls. 
5. Before the icing sets, decorate with the colored sugar. 
6. Enjoy! 

1/3/21 Family Service

 

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Epiphany!