https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/mardi-gras-king-cake • Posted by Kirsten B.
The recipe I used was a bit hard to follow when it came to filling it but it tasted really good:D I made this for my mardi gras themed party. Ingredients: Filling: 4 ounces (half of a large block) cream cheese 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup raisins, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, drained, and patted dry on paper towels 1/2 cup pecan halves . Cake: 2 rolls (total of 12 individual crescent rolls) refrigerated crescent rolls in the can . Icing: 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) 3 to 4 Tablespoon (about) milk or cream 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Purple, green, and yellow colored sugar crystals or food coloring
The recipe I used was a bit hard to follow when it came to filling it but it tasted really good:D I made this for my mardi gras themed party. Ingredients: Filling: 4 ounces (half of a large block) cream cheese 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 cup raisins, soaked in hot water for 15 minutes, drained, and patted dry on paper towels 1/2 cup pecan halves . Cake: 2 rolls (total of 12 individual crescent rolls) refrigerated crescent rolls in the can . Icing: 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) 3 to 4 Tablespoon (about) milk or cream 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Purple, green, and yellow colored sugar crystals or food coloring
Get all your ingrediants together. And greese whatever pan you want to use. I used a pizza pan since its flat and a circle. Prep - you need to soak your raisens for 15 mins. And a little tip is don't let your cresent roll dough lay out before hand. I had a hard time laying out the pieces.
Blend together the powdered/ brown sugar, cream cheese, cinnamon, raisens, and pecan halves. You want them well blended.
I borrowed this from the site I used for a recipe. Take the triangles of cresent dough and place them point facing the center. Then overlap the pieces onto each other till they look like the picture. I had issues with this part. It doesn't work very well so when you put the filling on in a circle just fold the edges on the inside towards the out, then like wise for the outside, till you have a circle shaped pastry.
This is what you want it to look like.
Next bake in the oven at 350 degrees for about 20 mins or till golden brown.
Next you make a simple icing using milk, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Drizzle it onto the pastry so that its covered. I used purple, green, and gold sprinkles and you want to use the colors to make wide stripes. I piled pecans in the middle since the icing made a little puddle there.