All
set for the Mardi Gras Festival?? Invite your pals and relatives and
offer them fruit cakes, doughnuts and spend quality time. Wanna have
more fun?? Participate in the parade and design colorful parade
floats. There are special Mardi Gras Parade tickets available for
active participation and full fledged enjoyment. The events will
boost up the festive mood. You'll love the colorful beads, hats,
masks, stuffed toys and much more.
Hope
you liked our previous recipe, "Rich Peach Cobbler". Today
we'll bring you with the most easy homemade recipe of "Kings
Cake", since Mardi Gras Festival is incomplete without it. The
simplest of all the cake is a ring of twisted cinnamon roll-style
dough. It is topped with icing sugar or cream that is purple, green,
and golden in color, denoting the traditional Mardi Gras colors.
Ingredients
for Cake:-
2
tablespoons butter,
1
teaspoon vanilla extract,
1/3
cup light brown sugar,
1
tablespoon ground cinnamon,
8
ounce cans reduced-fat crescent rolls,
4
ounces reduced-fat cream cheese,
2
tablespoons confectioners’ sugar.
Preparation
method for the Cake:-
1.
Preheat the oven to 350 D. F. Coat round pizza pan approximately
10-inch with nonstick cooking spray.
2.
Separate the crescent rolls at perforations into 16 slices. Place
slices around prepared pan with points in center. About halfway down
from points, press the seams together.
3.
In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and
vanilla until creamy. Spread on dough in center where seams have been
pressed together.
4.
In another small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon with
fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over cream cheese. Fold dough points
over filling, then fold bottom of triangle over points forming a
circular roll like a king cake.
5.
Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly and drizzle with
colored Mardi Gras Icing.
Ingredients
for Icing:-
1
cup confectioners’ sugar,
1-2
tablespoons skim milk,
1/2
teaspoon vanilla extract,
Yellow,
green, and purple food color
Preparation
method for Icing:-
1.
In small bowl, combine all ingredients, except food color. Divide the
mixture into three bowls.
2.
In first bowl, add a few drops of yellow food coloring. In second
bowl, add a few drops of green food coloring. In third bowl, add
equal amounts of drops of purple food coloring.
3.
Drizzle over baked cake.
Enjoy the cake and the fest!!!
