Organic King Cake Recipe

What you will need for the King Cake Recipe

• Bundt pan
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Mixing bowl
• Smaller bowls 
• Mixer
• Wooden Spoon
• Spatula
• Small Plastic Baby Doll , dry bean or pecan 
• An Apron
• Oven Mitts
• A Cooling Rack
• Cake Plate
• Cake Saver (to keep it fresh)
• Cake server
• Baking Sheet

King Cake Recipe

1 16 Oz Container of Organic Sour Cream
1/3 Cup + 1 Tablespoon  Raw Sugar
1/4 Cup Grass-Fed Butter
1 Teaspoon Himalayan Salt
2 1/2 Teaspoons Yeast
1 Cup Warm Spring Water
2 Free Range Eggs
5 Cups All Purpose Organic Flour

1 Tiny plastic baby doll or uncooked dry bean or pecan 

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Directions:

• In a sauce pan combine sour cream, sugar, butter and salt. Stir often until butter melts.
• In a small bowl combine water, yeast and 1 tablespoon raw sugar, let stand for 5 minutes.
• Beat sour cream mixture, yeast mixture, eggs and 2 cups flour on medium speed until smooth.
• Reduce speed and slowly add the rest of the flour by cup until a soft dough forms.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface kneed until smooth and elastic.
• Place in a well greased bowl and cover with oiled plastic wrap.
• Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
• Punch down and divide dough in half. Roll each piece out on a lightly floured surface to 22×12 rectangle.
• Spread filling (See below) over dough leaving a 1″ border.
• Roll up each piece of dough like a cinnamon roll and press the ends down.
• Transfer to a baking sheet and bring the ends together so it looks like a giant doughnut or wreath.
• Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for 20 minutes while oven is preheating to 375.
• Bake for 14-16 minutes or until golden.
• Slightly cool cakes on wire racks. Insert baby doll or an uncooked dry bean into a spot on the bottom of the King Cake where it can’t be seen.
• Spread glaze (See below) over the top of the cakes, and sprinkle patches of yellow/gold, green, and purple sprinkles on top.
• Allow to cool all the way.

1 16 oz Container of Cream Cheese
3/4 Cup Raw Sugar
1 Free Range Egg
1 Teaspoon Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
Beat together in an electric mixer until smooth.

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Glaze – 

3 Cups Organic Powdered Sugar
3 Tablespoons Melted Grass-Fed Butter
2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
1/4 Teaspoon Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
2- 4 Tablespoons Organic Milk

Stir together powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and vanilla, Stir in milk until it is spreadable.

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Yield: 12-16 pieces

Organic King Cake Recipe

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Delicious King Cake recipe perfect for your Mardi Gras celebration. This cake is also known as galette des rois in France or Rosca de Reyes in Latin America.

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• For The Cake
• 1 16 Oz Container of Organic Sour Cream
• 1/3 Cup + 1 Tablespoon  Raw Sugar
• 1/4 Cup Grass-Fed Butter
• 1 Teaspoon Himalayan Salt
• 2 1/2 Teaspoons Yeast
• 1 Cup Warm Spring Water
• 2 Free Range Eggs
• 5 Cups All Purpose Organic Flour
• For The Filling -
• 1 -16 oz Container of Cream Cheese
• 3/4 Cup Raw Sugar
• 1 Free Range Egg
• 1 Teaspoon Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
• For The Glaze
• 3 Cups Organic Powdered Sugar
• 3 Tablespoons Melted Grass-Fed Butter
• 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 1/4 Teaspoon Organic Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2- 4 Tablespoons Organic Milk

Instructions

In a sauce pan combine sour cream, sugar, butter and salt. Stir often until butter melts. In a small bowl combine water, yeast and 1 tablespoon raw sugar, let stand for 5 minutes. Beat sour cream mixture, yeast mixture, eggs and 2 cups flour on medium speed until smooth. Reduce speed and slowly add the rest of the flour by cup until a soft dough forms. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface kneed until smooth and elastic. Place in a well greased bowl and cover with oiled plastic wrap. Allow to rise in a warm place until doubled in size. Punch down and divide dough in half. Roll each piece out on a lightly floured surface to 22x12 rectangle.

Put the ingredients of the filling in a bowl and beat together in an electric mixer until smooth.
Spread filling (See below) over dough leaving a 1" border. Roll up each piece of dough like a cinnamon roll and press the ends down. Transfer to a baking sheet and bring the ends together so it looks like a giant doughnut or wreath. Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for 20 minutes while oven is preheating to 375. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until golden. Slightly cool cakes on wire racks.

Place the ingredients for the glaze in a small bowl Stir together powdered sugar, butter, lemon juice and vanilla, Stir in milk until it is spreadable. Spread glaze over the top of the cakes, and sprinkle patches of yellow/gold, green, and purple sprinkles on top. Allow to cool all the way.

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