ISO: King Cake

[Anonymous]

We shipped one from sucre last year and it was good, but not much better than bayou's IMO, so that's what we're doing this year!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any Louisiana folks out there with suggestions for a place that I can (still) order a King Cake? Any good LA bakeries still taking orders for shipping by the end of Mardi Gras? Thanks!

Whole Foods will start having tons of them. I love theirs. You just go to the store and at some point they are stacked up in the bakery.
They have different flavor a - cinnamon, raspberry cheesecake, that kind of thing

When do these come in? I never go to Whole Foods but would make a special trip...

[Anonymous]

Great harvest makes them

[Anonymous]

I saw them at Fresh Baguette the other day.

[Anonymous]

Mardi Gras is early this year, Feb. 9. Better get 'em early, and laissez les bon temps roller !

[Anonymous]

I mean "rouler"

[Anonymous]

Walked by them at Wegmans yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Just saw them at Whole Foods this morning.

[Anonymous]

Randazzo's is the best. We get one shipped to us from there every year, but this year they were sold out through Mardi Gras. We went with Gambino's as a substitute. It was pretty good, not great.

A friend sent us one from Sucre last year and we didn't like it. It was dry and just a completely different kind of animal.

[Anonymous]

Someone in my office got one from a French bakery and it was sooo good. No colored frosting on top--he lived in France and was totally unfamiliar with the Louisiana style king cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Louisiana native here and I second Bayou Bakery! Tastes like authentic King Cake to me (and I think the owner is from New Orleans). You can also order online from bakeries in Louisiana that will ship them to you but you may want something more immediate.

+1. When I lived in DC (back in the south now), I always got them from Bayou Bakery.