King Cake

Our king cake is a sweet dough swirled with cinnamon which is iced and decorated with sugars in the Mardi Gras Carnival colors of purple (for justice), green (for faith), and gold (for power). A tiny, plastic baby representing the infant Jesus is inserted into the cake. Tradition holds that the person who gets the piece with the baby in it is obligated to bring a king cake to the next party.