Wednesday, February 18, 2009

King Cake (the easy version)

4 cans buttermilk biscuits
2/3 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1-1/4 stick butter
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 large plastic bag
food coloring - red, blue, green and yellow
1 small plastic baby

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Separate biscuits and cut into quarters. Roll quarters into balls. Mix 2/3 cup sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in plastic bag. Shake biscuit rolls in the plastic bag until evenly coated. Place biscuit rolls in Bundt pan (or shape into an "O" on cookie sheet). Pour extra sugar mixture left over from bag on top. Mix brown sugar, butter and 1 tsp cinnamon in saucepan. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over biscuits. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

When the cake has cooled, alternate yellow, green and purple colored sugars around the cake. Make the first section purple, second section green, third section gold and so on, repeating until the entire cake has 3 sections of each color. Before you cut your cake, place the baby in one of the pieces where the person eating the cake can easily discover it. The person who gets the piece with the baby inside must bring the cake to next year's party!

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