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King cakes: The sweet stars of New Orleans’ famed Carnival season
A worker spreads icing while making king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. It's Carnival season in New Orleans and that means lines are long outside local bakeries and the pace inside is brisk as workers strive to meet customer demand for king cakes — those brightly colored seasonal pastries that have exploded in popularity over the years.
A tub full of plastic babies, that are hidden into king cakes, sits waiting for use at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. “Mardi Gras is our busiest time of year,” says David Haydel Jr. of Haydel's Bakery, who estimates the sale of king cakes in the few short weeks between Christmas and Lent accounts for about half the bakery's income.
A worker collects icing from a vat to spread on king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Food historian Liz Williams says the roots of king cake culture date to Saturnalia celebrations of ancient Rome, when a cake was baked with a bean inside and whoever got the slice with the bean was deemed king for a day.
A customer purchases a king cake at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. The treat's popularity grew from one Mardi Gras season to the next amid the usual frenzy of parades and colorful floats, costumed revelry and partying in the streets.
An employee pushes carts of freshly made king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Tradition holds that king cake is not to be eaten before Carnival season begins on Jan. 6 nor after Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday — which falls this year on Feb. 13.
Workers add cinnamon while making king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024.Â
A worker stretches dough while making king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Â
Customers purchase king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Â
A customer purchase a king cake at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024.Â
Lawren DiBella sprinkles colored sugar onto king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Â
Workers roll dough as they make king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024.Â
Lawren DiBella sprinkles colored sugar onto king cakes at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, La., Jan. 31, 2024. Tradition holds that king cake is not to be eaten before Carnival season begins nor after Mardi Gras — Fat Tuesday — which falls this year on Feb. 13.
Roxanne Gaudet loads her car with over 100 king cakes to deliver to Aquistapace Grocery of Covington, La., at Haydel's Bakery in Jefferson Parish, Jan. 31, 2024.Â
