the meaning of the baby in a king cake is to represent the baby jesus.
meaning of the baby in a king cake?
to represent the baby jesus
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the first week of january starts the king cake season. the traditional king cake was associated with epiphany, january 6, also known as twelfth night, when english and europeans celebrated christmas for twelve days up to this night. the current version is a coffee cake, and is oblong and braided. the cake is iced with a simple icing and covered with purple, green and gold sugar. each cake contains a small hidden baby doll. according to custom, whoever finds the doll must either buy the next king cake or throw the next king cake party. in mobile, people throw hundreds of king cake parties every year, and thousands of cakes are made, bought and eaten.
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