Easy King Cake
By: Kathy Brakhage
Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 10:40am

Ingredients




1 tablespoon lemon peel, grated
1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 gumdrop
1 package yellow cake mix
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
3 tablespoons sugar, divided
Red, blue, yellow and green food coloring

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 Coat a 9 x 13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray. 3 Mix up the cake batter according to package directions. 4 Stir in the lemon peel, nutmeg and gumdrop. 5 Bake according to cake package directions. 6 Cool completely. 7 In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, lemon juice and water until it forms a creamy glaze. 8 Spread the glaze over the top of the cooled cake. 9 Put each tablespoon of sugar into individual zip close baggies. Add 1 drop of red and 1 drop of blue to one bag to make purple sugar. 10 Add 2 drops of yellow to another bag of sugar. 11 Add 2 drops of green to another bag. 12 Mix all well in the individual bags. 13 Sprinkle over the top of the glaze to decorate as desired.

About


King Cake is a traditional cake that is baked every year for Mardi Gras.

Comments:
Leyla Hur

Oh how I LOVE how semi-homemade and easy this is! I had "King Cake" for the first (and only time) in 2007, and it was amazing! I am definitely going to try this recipe, and the best thing is, I have EVERYTHING in home right now. LOL Yuuum! :)