Mardi Gras season has passed and with it go the king cakes that Louisiana is famous for. While I can admit that I've eaten my fair share (and maybe someone else's fair share) of king cake this year, it was my first time having a king cake from St. Bruno's.
St. Bruno's is a Baton Rouge bakery, and I first heard of them a few years ago when we hosted college gameday for a women's basketball game versus South Carolina. It was during Mardi Gras season, and the hosts got a king cake from St. Bruno's.
To the people of Louisiana, they committed one of the cardinal sins of king cake eating by digging into it with forks. Ever since then, I've been trying to get my hands on one. But any time these become available at a store for pre-order, they sell out quickly.
I got lucky this year to be checking my email when the call for pre-orders came to my inbox and I immediately placed my order. Finally, I had secured the bag ... as the kids used to say.
Free smells from opening the box in my car to look at it were not enough. It smelled amazing, and it tasted even better. I think I really liked this one because it wasn't super king cake-y ... for lack of a better explanation. (Not super cinnamon-y or cinnamon roll like)
Also this year, I had my first ever queen cake. I was at Whole Foods and saw they had queen cakes from Gracious Bakery in New Orleans. The ones they had were almond flavored and I figured we had to try it.
The first thing I noticed is that it is a different dough than what is used for a king cake. It's more cake like. There was no cinnamon, and the almond flavor was perfection.
It may be blasphemous to say this, but I personally preferred the queen cake we had to any king cake I've ever eaten.
Have you had a queen cake? If so, did you like it more than a king cake? If you preferred the king cake, which bakery sells your favorite?
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