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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