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Galette des Rois

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For Twelfth Night (Epiphany), the French make a thin, round cake called “Galette des rois.” It’s also called by some “galette de Noël.” It is a cake made of puff pastry in the shape of a low crown, filled with frangipane. It is cut into pieces in the kitchen, making sure there is one more…

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King Cake

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Throughout the entire Carnival season in New Orleans, they make “King Cake”, which is a sort of brioche. The cake was originally made just for Twelfth Night, signalling the end of Christmas season. Now Twelfth Night is seen as the start of Carnival Season, and the cake is now made and sold throughout Carnival until…

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Twelfth Night Cake

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In Britain, the Twelfth Night Cake was like what we now call Christmas cake, a luxurious special cake laden with fruit and spices. There would also be a dried bean and a dried pea in the cake. The man who found the bean would be the King of Twelfth Night festivities; the woman who found…

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