Delicious King Cake the pupils cooked
As each january we respected the King Cake tradition at school and the pupils had great time cooking and eating it.
The King Cake is very popular, here in France during january. It is associated with the Epiphany. The cake has a small trinket inside and the person who get the piece of cake where the trinket is, becomes the king and has the obligation to offer the next King Cake during the month.
The recipe I used with the pupils is really simple and the result was great!!!!
Ingredients for the King Cake:
2 packets of puff pastry or pâte feuilletée in french
3 eggs
a little sugar about 3 or 4 tablespoons
About 6O g of almond powder
The recipe for the King Cake or La galette des Rois
Put out the first puff pastry in a pan cake you buttered before.
Mix 2 eggs with 3 table spoons of sugar and the almond powder to obtain a cream.
Spread this cream on the puff pastry, put the trinket, and put the second puff pastry above. Pinch around the cake to close it.
With a knife draw a grid on it.
And with a brush put some egg’s yellow on the cake in order to the galette des rois become golden when it will cook.
Your oven must be preheated.
Now you can put it in the oven for 35 minutes at th. 6 (180°)
Don’t forget to prepare the crown!!!
And it is better when you share it with friends!
this tradition find its origin by the Antiqua Roma. Louis XIV was an adept of this joke and even if the Revolution 1789 trid to prohibit, it it will continue after a time.
The tradition is that the youngest child stand under the table and say to the host how he must do the dispensation.
Nice to eat the King Cake with a fresh cider.
If you buy one, the same we cooked here, you will pay it about 20 euros in a bakery and I am sure, yours, you cook yourself will really better!!!
The King Cake is really a good thing for the economy of the land: each year 60 millions of this galette is selt. With a price about 15 euros it makes a turnover of 900 millions euros!
The Jack Pot!
La galette des rois is a such convivial family and friends moment, we can’t miss each year!
Just before ending my post here I can’t forget the horrible event in Haïti.
Nice to hear the world doesn’t forget Haïti and I stay turned.
Oooooh… love me some Galette des Rois. I haven’t had a piece for ages and this one looks to good to be true.
Back in the days when I was a student I earned some pocket money in a catering company. One of the cooks was French. He made Galette des Rois every year around Epiphany. Since he didn’t want to share his mom’s secret recipe he had to bake at least 4 for us during January.
Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. Guess who will make a Galette des Rois the upcoming weekend…?
Nice to learn you tasted already the galette des rois. this one was delicious and the pupils appreciated it. If you realise it , give me some news about, Sanny!!!!
I bought one (delicious) at Carrefour and took it with me to my German friends in Holland. They didn’t know this use. We ate the cake and Gisela got the the little figure. Unfortunately the crown was not golden but a thing from this « Avatar» film and the figure also one out of the film. But we had a lot of fun because she was so anxious that her husband would bite on the figure and break his tooth, lol !
Ha! Ha! I haven’t see Avatar still but hear a lot about!
Does this have anything to do with the 3 holy kings day on January 6th? We don’t celebrate it anymore in Norway, but in the old days Christmas lasted until this day. In Sweden it is still a holiday.
Cake looks lovely and not too complicated to make. I am sure it is a lot of fun to get the prize. We have a similar tradition in Norway where we put a peeled almond in the rice porridge. The person who finds the almond in their bowl gets a surprise, usually a marzipan pig. The children are always so eager to play. We did this at the center where I work and I thought some of these kids were going to eat porridge till they burst hoping to get the almond!! hahaha
Yes, it does with the 3 holy kings!!! I can say it the same here with kids! The priority get to the figurine!
I am curious about this porridge!!!
Great tradition this Galette de Roi.
I will win the Crown;)
What’s happened in Haïti is terrble.
btw. I’ve posted a photo of you and Pierre among others
@ Tor
so you will the king!
Yes, Haïti …apocalyptique/ I come and visit you to see the picture!
It surely looks delicious, but 900 millions Euro!!!!!! Wow!!!!!! I haven’t thought about it like that, but of course it does have that effect when everyone wants to have it! Impressive.
Another VERY delicious things of yours you can read about from Lifecruiser Travels now:
Big dig fig in France
I’m sure everyone would want to have them too! *giggles*
Bisous
@ Pirjo
I just read it and put it on my facebook profil!!!
Your pictures are so beautiful!
Looks delicious and I noticed in comment that Diane said « ….. not to difficult to make…..» so maybe it is hope for a taste for me too
wow this looks so delicious! can i have a piece please?
I baked, I baked, I baked!!!
Sooooo delicious. We took a photo for the Project 365 blog, which is now posted.
Thank you so much for the easy as 1-2-3- recipe and the fun, Claudie!
xoxo