galettes des rois (King cake)

King's cake is a tradition that is celebrated all around the world, originated in france many centuries ago. To celebrate the Epiphany this cake is offered to family and friends which contains a figurine, which in france can take many forms called "feves".


In France the tradition ins more or less as follows:

A pastry cake, filled with almond cream called frangipane contains a plastic figurine, many people collect these because of the variety and imagination in their creation.
The children of the family hide underneath the table and call the name of the person to cut their piece of the cake, the one that finds the figurine is named King and gets to use a paper crown and then names its king or queen.

The Brioche or Gâteau des Rois de Rois is served in the northern parts of France and in the southern parts of France the "gallete de rois" is served

To tell you the truth this sound really fun and both cakes tastes incredible, if you want to try it here's the recipe and some photos to inspire you.


Video Recipe:





Gallery:




Pithiviers or Galette des Rois, Third Attemptby foéÖþoooey

Pithiviers or Galette des Rois by foéÖþoooey

Pithiviers or Galette des Rois, Third Attemptby foéÖþoooey

Pithiviers or Galette des Rois, Third Attemptby foéÖþoooey

Not a UFO, a Pithiviers or Galette des Rois (Unbaked), Second Attempt by foéÖþoooey

Galette des rois Pirates des Caraïbes by Stéfan

L'Epiphanie by Rhian vK

DSC07292 by acme

DSC07292 by acme

Galette des Rois maison !by Gaël Chardon



Feves:

Fèves - Cinq fois la même ! by Stéfan





Comentarios

Entradas populares