It's Mardi Gras! Celebrate with Easy Mini King Cakes
Photo by: Jim Franco
King Cakes are a traditional Mardi Gras treat in which a plastic trinket is slid inside after baking. Tradition says that whoever finds it has to make next year’s cake!
Click here for add-in ideas that'll give these Mini King Cakes festive flair
Click here for add-in ideas that'll give these Mini King Cakes festive flair
ingredients:
¾ cup raisins
¾ cup apple cider, hot
2 (17.5 oz) cans jumbo cinnamon rolls with icing
¾ cup chopped pecans
Yellow, green, and purple sugar crystals
¾ cup apple cider, hot
2 (17.5 oz) cans jumbo cinnamon rolls with icing
¾ cup chopped pecans
Yellow, green, and purple sugar crystals
directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375°F. In a bowl, pour hot cider over raisins to plump. Let sit 5 minutes. Drain.
2. Unfurl cinnamon rolls. Place two strips next to each other, pinching seams to create one wide strip. Sprinkle bottom half with raisins and pecans. Fold over; press to seal. Twist dough into a circle. Seal ends. Repeat with remaining rolls.
3. Bake cakes a few inches apart on a tray, 17–20 minutes. Ice them while they’re warm; sprinkle with sugar crystals.
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