Galette des Rois
Monday, January 17, 2011 
Look what we found in our king cake ("galette des Rois") this year -- isn't she adorable?! In France, a king cake is a puff pastry tart filled with frangipane and one token ("fève", which means bean). It's a tradition to eat a galette des Rois on or around the Epiphany, when the Magi visited baby Jesus. Whoever finds the token is the king (or queen)!
You can find some pretty interesting tokens in king cakes -- we've found them in the shape of ice cream sundaes, Frère Jacques, Donald Duck, a coin with Harley Davidson's logo imprinted upon it...but I think we just found the cutest one ever. Recently I've seen a lot of Kimmidoll accessories in the stores, and it looks like they've now made their way into cakes. We normally toss our king cake tokens, but I think I might just have to hold onto this one!
Reader Comments (2)
our King Cakes over here our done during Mardi Gras, plus not near as pretty as yours. ours are usually gaudy. how could you part with your Harley coin!!
I wold love something like this as a cake topper for my wedding - maybe we can look in May? Or maybe I should see it in person first...