French New Year King Cake

This cake originates from northern france and is typically french.

French new year king cake. Typically a festive family meal will have at least 6 courses often foie gras on brioche followed by a seafood starter a main course cheese and salad ending with the piece de resistance. Ingredients 2 3 cup sugar 1 2 cup butter softened 1 cup ground almonds 2 eggs 1 egg for painting 1 tablespoon rum optional 1 pound puff pastry 2 rounds 1 large dry bean or fève figurine. The king cake la galette des rois the king cake or la galette des rois the cake or wafer of the kings is a cake celebrated over christmas and new year.

King cake or la galette des rois is traditionally eaten with the family on the first sunday after new year s day but many enjoy it from december 31 and throughout the whole month of january. But the festive season doesn t stop there. Thank you for sharing your video and recipe.

We returned to america but continued this tradition in our home. We typically make the more colorful and festive king cake like the new orleans style but this year we plan to make a french one. In the beginning of january french bakeries are filled with a special cake.

Traditionally sold and consumed a few days before and after. The tradition of tirer les rois that is to say to find the king at the beginning of the new year has survived the fall of the roman empire. Much more than just a cake this pastry is a beloved tradition that traces its roots back to the roman empire.

In addition to the traditional. In a bowl cream the butter with the sugar using a mixer until light and fluffy fold in the almond meal 2 eggs and rum. Along with yule logs and easter eggs this is another unmissable fixture in the french culinary calendar.

Preheat the oven to 205 c 400 f. In france the custom of the cake has existed since the. Our family lived in france in the mid 1990 s.