Galette des Rois or Cake of Kings
The Cake of Kings – A French Tradition
Who loves eating cake? Marie Antoinette is famously synonymous with cakes, sweets and enjoying her life. I think cakes and sweets allude to luxury and a good life and it is something that most of us can create and enjoy easily enough. Cakes are the traditional celebration food with many commemorative occasions and celebrations having their own style of cake.
Galette des Rois or Cake of Kings
The Galette des Rois is such a cake. This puff pastry almond cake is traditionally shared at Epiphany on the 6th of January each year. It celebrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem when baby Jesus was presented to them and they gave him their precious gifts.
There is however a “season” of Galette des Rois in France, which begins on the Twelfth Night and ends on Shrove Tuesday.
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