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The baby symbolizes luck and prosperity to whoever finds it. That person is also responsible for purchasing next week's cake [41] or hosting the next Mardi Gras party. [38] [42] Often, bakers place the baby outside of the cake, leaving the purchaser to hide it themselves. This is usually to avoid liability for any choking hazard.
Find out the history of one of Mardi Gras's long-standing traditions: the Mardi Gras King Cake.
The colorful king cakes weren’t always a staple of Mardi Gras, but they definitely are now. A 1999 article from The Times-Picayune stated that having king cakes throughout the Carnival season in ...
Mardi Gras isn’t subtle, and neither is this sugary, rainbow-colored confection. Find out what king cake is all about—and what’s up with the baby hidden inside. The post What Is King Cake?
The one who finds the baby Jesus in their slice of cake is said to receive luck and prosperity, and is responsible for baking or purchasing the next year's cake, [5] or for throwing the next Mardi Gras party. In some traditions, the finder of the baby is designated "king" or "queen" for the evening.
Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3]
Plastic baby aside, eating a colorful king cake for Mardi Gras is a cinnamon-sugary tradition. (Photo: Getty Creative) (VeselovaElena via Getty Images) Fat Tuesday.
King cakes are a Mardi Gras favorite and they're steeped in history, tradition and symbolism.