January 6, 2013

Megan's Cupcake's King Cupcakes

Cupcake Flavor of the Season:
King Cupcakes
in honor of Mardi Gras

Megan's Cupcakes is continuing the Mardi Gras tradition in Cadillac with King Cupcakes! The Mardi Gras season begins on January 6th, the 12th Day of Christmas also known as "Epiphany" or "Kings Day."  This is the day in the church calendar that the three kings visited the baby Jesus.  This celebratory time during the church calendar continues until the day before Lent, otherwise known as "Mardi Gras" or "Fat Tuesday" which this year is on February 12th.  In New Orleans starting in the 1870's people celebrated this time with a "King Cake." 

Our version is a yellow cinnamon swirl cupcake topped with butter cream frosting.  Each cupcake is decorated with the traditional Mardi Gras colors: purple represents justice, green represents faith and gold represents power.  

A small baby, symbolizing the baby Jesus, is baked into only one cupcake in each dozen we bake.   Like the biblical story, the "search for the baby" adds excitement, as each person waits to see in whose  cupcake the baby will be discovered. While custom holds that the person who finds the baby in their cake will be rewarded with good luck, that person is also traditionally responsible for bringing the King Cake to the next party or gathering.

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