If you find the baby in your slice of king cake, congratulations! You get to be "king" or "queen" for the day. But you also ...

Food historian Liz Williams told the Associated Press last year that the roots of king cake culture date to Saturnalia ...

traditional Mardi Gras colors representing justice, faith and power. One other unusual surprise? There's often a plastic baby hidden inside. "If you're slicing your king cake and you get the baby ...

Beads are typically plastic but remain popular during Mardi Gras. A king cake is a pastry with a tiny figurine of a baby baked into the dough to be revealed in a slice or bite of the bread ...

Now, Williams said, Mardi Gras season means almost daily king cake consumption for some. “People will pick up a king cake and take it to work, and whoever gets the baby has to bring one the next ...

Beads are typically plastic but remain popular during Mardi Gras. Julie Anne's Bakery King Cakes with over 28 different flavors. A king cake is a pastry with a tiny figurine of a baby baked into ...