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>>> AS
>>> AS IS
>>> AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY HOLIDAYS RECENTLY, WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE MOST
OF IT AT HOME, MARDI GRAS BEING
NO EXCEPTION.
NO EXCEPTION. WE SEE THIS BAKER HERE TO SHOW
US HOW TO MAKE IT KING CAKE AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. VICTORIA, IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO
SEE YOU AGAIN, ESPECIALLY AS WE
ARE CELEBRATING MARDI GRAS.
HOW ARE YOU CELEBRATING THIS
YEAR?
YEAR?
YEAR? >>
YEAR? >> GOOD MORNING.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MARDI GRAS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT
THE CULTURE.
THE CULTURE. WE ARE EATING GREAT NEW ORLEANS
STYLE FOOD AND HAVING A
TRADITIONAL DESSERT, THE KING
CAKE.
CAKE.
CAKE. >>
CAKE. >> I ALWAYS CALL IT FAT TUESDAY
FROM THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> HOW DO YOU MAKE IT KING CAKE
IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AT HOME?
>> WE WILL DO A SIMPLIFIED
VERSION OF IT.
GET SOME PREMADE CINNAMON
.ROLES.
.ROLES.
.ROLES. WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THIS
CINNAMON.RIGHT HERE.
CINNAMON.RIGHT HERE. BUT WE CAN DO IS LAYER IT IN
PART OF A BULL.
IN THIS PLAY, MAKE A NICE,
ROUND, CIRCULAR PATTERN TO THAT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS LATER IT IS
GOING TO BAKE ALTOGETHER AND
HAVE THE CUSTOMARY MARDI GRAS
STYLE RING.
STYLE RING. IT IS GOING TO BE DELICIOUS.
IT HAS ALL THE CINNAMON AND
SUGAR.
SUGAR.
SUGAR. THEN TALK IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
IT IS OKAY.
IT CAN OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> TICK EGGS TYPICALLY HAVE
THAT CINNAMON ROLL FLAVOR TO IT
?
?
? >>
? >> IT
? >> IT IS.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. IT IS NOT A TRADITIONAL CAKE,
BUT A CINNAMON AND DOOR BRAD.
-- DOUGH. YOU WANT TO BAKE
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. WITH AN ABRACADABRA, WHEN HE
COMES OUT 20 MINUTES LATER,
THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.
THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC STARTS
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. YOU HAVE THIS DELICIOUS
CINNAMON ROLL.
CINNAMON ROLL. WHAT YOU WILL DO IS YOU WILL
PUT SUGAR UPON HERE.
THEN YOU CAN LAY IT RIGHT ON
TOP, NICE AND THICK.
ANOTHER VERSION THAT WE LOVE TO
DO IS YOU HAVE CREAM CHEESE.
IT IS WIDER.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GET A
LITTLE SPATULA, WORK IT AROUND,
AND COVER UP THE REST.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS PART
OF THE TRADITION, IS TO HAVE A
BABY INSIDE OF THE KING CAKE.
WHOEVER FINDS THE BABY INSIDE
OF THE KING CAKE IS GOING TO BE
THE LUCKY INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO
THE HOST OR HOSTESS OF THE NEXT
MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION.
YOU WILL HIDE IT SO NOBODY
KNOWS WHERE THE POSITION OF THE
BABY IS.
BABY IS.
BABY IS. WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE THE
TRADITIONAL COLORS OF GREEN,
GOLD, AND PURPLE.
GREEN FOR FAITH, GOLD FOR POWER,
AND PURPLE FOR JUSTICE.
THESE ARE ALWAYS FUN THINGS TO
WORK WITH.
WORK WITH. IT IS ONE OF THOSE TRADITIONS,
ONE OF THOSE FUN CUSTOMS THAT
WE CAN EMBRACE AND HAVE FUN
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE, ALL
THESE DIFFERENT FUN THINGS THAT
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE. >> YEAH, IS THERE SIGNIFICANCE
TO THE BEADS?
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN
THERE, YOU SHOULD GO DOWN THERE
AT LEAST ONCE.
>> THAT GREAT FOOD STAYS DOWN
IN THE FRENCH QUARTER.
AND THE OTHER THING TO HAVE IS
THEIR ICONIC COFFEE.
IT IS A RICH COFFEE.
YOU CAN ADD THAT.
SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO PUT
CONDENSED MILK IN HERE.
THAT IS REALLY GOOD, TOO.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> IT IS ALMOST LIKE PECANS AND
PRALINE, TOO.
PRALINE, TOO. I MADE ONE THAT IS A CUPCAKE,
YOU CAN TAKE THE CARAMEL ICING
AND DO A LITTLE PEAK ON.
IF YOU WANT TO DO COCONUT, YOU
CAN DO THAT.
AND THEN ALSO FRENCH TOAST.
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT? IT IS THE SAME THING.
YOU HAVE SOME CARAMELLO, SOME
CREAM CHEESE, AND SOME PITONS.
>> VICTORIA, I AM DROOLING.
IT SMELLS SO GOOD.
WE LOVE HAVING YOU BACK ON THE
SHOW.
SHOW.