Galette des Rois
Kings Cake
Its that time of year again. The Twelfth Day of Christmas!
A traditional pastry celebrating the Epiphany (6 January) the Galettes de Rois are popular in France and Quebec during most of January. The puff pastry with a layer of delicious frangipane also has versions which are popular in New Orleans.
While the cake is known as as offering to the Three Kings, each pastry holds a small porcelain figurine usually of a religious nature. The person who finds the prize La Feve becomes King for a day but often gains the obligation to purchase the next cake for the family.
The paper crown can also be worn by the lucky person who discovers the Feve.!
Discovering the Feve in the pastry is half the fun. The treasure is seen above.
And here we see some typical Feves retrieved from delicious cakes!!!
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