Gambino's Traditional King Cake with icing on side

Gambino’s Traditional King Cake, prepared with a sweet Danish dough made unique with our cinnamon swirls. The cake comes with Gambino's classic icing and decorating sugar so you can decorate it yourself.

Each King Cake Serves 13 people

King Cake Kit Includes:

• Gambino's Traditional King Cake
• Classic Icing
• Colored sugar to decorate in purple, green, and gold
• Small plastic baby

The King Cake tradition is thought to have been brought to New Orleans from France in 1870. A King Cake is an oval-shaped bakery delicacy, crossed between a coffee cake and a French pastry that is as rich in history as it is in flavor. It's decorated in royal colors of PURPLE which signifies "Justice," GREEN for "Faith," and GOLD for "Power." These colors were chosen to resemble a jeweled crown honoring the Wise Men who visited the Christ Child on Epiphany. In the past such things as coins, beans, pecans, or peas were also hidden in each King Cake.

Today, a tiny plastic baby is the common prize. At a party, the King Cake is sliced and served. Each person looks to see if their piece contains the "baby." If so, then that person is named "King" for a day and bound by custom to host the next party and provide the King Cake.