Celebration

A Galette des Rois, or King Cake, is topped with powdered sugar and adorned with a ribbon crown.

Galette des Rois – Another Cake for Twelfth Night

This French version of King Cake is surprisingly easy to make using frozen puff pastry. Simply stir together four ingredients to make a luscious almond filling, slip a whole almond into the mix, then tightly seal the edges of the pastry. Score a pattern of your choice into the top, then bake. Dusted with powdered sugar and finished with a decorative gold crown, a Galette des Rois makes a beautiful addition to a festive brunch or dinner.

Courier & Ives Ironstone Gravy Boat on Thanksgiving Table

31 Recipes for Planning Your Thanksgiving Menu

My Thanksgiving menu planner includes recipe suggestions for a complete Thanksgiving feast, and more. Choose from appetizers, side dishes, the main course and desserts to complete a festive holiday dinner. You will also find a few ideas for the long holiday weekend including a soup for Thanksgiving Eve, suggestions for a seasonal breakfast and a little inspiration for using any leftovers from the big meal.

A Slice of Eggnog Pound Cake decorated with chocolate stars as a Twelfth Night Cake with figures of the Three Wise Men on camels in the background.

Twelfth Night Cake – Eggnog Pound Cake

This recipe for Eggnog Pound Cake makes a beautiful Twelfth Night Cake. Baked in a decorative pan and dusted with powdered sugar, then adorned with simple white and dark chocolate stars, this cake is both pretty and delicious. What makes it particularly special, however, is that the guest who finds a chocolate coin hidden in their slice wins a small prize as we celebrate Epiphany.

A braided King Cake drizzled with Vanilla Icing and sprinkled with Decorator Sugar rests on a wire rack with three kings on camels in the background.

Celebrating with a New Orleans Style King Cake

This New Orleans style King Cake is made from a cinnamon spiced yeast dough. Rolled out and stuffed with a praline filling, the dough is then shaped into a circular loaf before baking and decorating with vanilla icing and colorful sugar. As this festive cake is shared, each person searches for the “baby” that is hidden inside. Whoever finds it hidden in their slice is honored with a gift and/or the responsibility of hosting the next gathering during the Mardi Gras season.