Ayu Bakehouse in the Marigny sells their king cake with a golden bean instead of a baby. The bakery, which opened in 2022, won The Times-Picayune's 2024 king cake bracket.

One of the most exciting aspects of the Rosca is the surprise hidden inside: a small figurine or charm, often in the shape of ...

(The plastic baby hidden inside king cakes today is a nod to this story.) King cake also appears on tables throughout the Carnival season, which runs from Epiphany to Fat Tuesday (the day before ...

The culture in New Orleans during Mardi Gras is rich, with no shortage of traditions, including the king cake, the secretly placed baby inside the sweet pastry, and the many facets of symbolism ...

Across all these traditions, the common denominator is a small figurine of a baby, or another symbolic trinket, that is hidden inside the cake. The person who nearly consumes the figurine in their ...

A woman shared in a viral Tiktok how her baby’s planned sex reveal ... she was when the worker double-checked the cake flavor, which made the inside blue.