King Cakes are a HUGE facet of our Mardi Gras season here in Louisiana. Some say that the King Cake was brought to New Orleans from France around 1870.
It's a sort of hybrid between brioche bread (sweet buttery and made with milk, butter and eggs) and a flaky French pastry.
A King Cake is typically braided and an oval-shaped or rounded which represents the unity of the faiths.
They are normally topped with a light icing and colored sugars: purple representing justice, green representing faith and gold representing power.
The brioche-base allows for bakers to get creative with a wide range of fun fillings which is where things get super interesting and tasty with endless combinations.
Some are filled with fruit based filling such as rasberry or apple while others are filled with cream cheese or bavarian cream.
Some extra-adventurous bakers spring for boudin or crawfish filled king cakes to REALLY make things interesting!
Originally, King Cakes contained a small bean, coins, pecans, or peas but now the most include a small plastic baby which is thought to bring good luck to the finder.
When the baby is hidden inside the King Cake, whoever finds it is designated as the person to bring the king cake to the next Mardi Gras celebration.
Our area offers a LOT of different types of King Cakes and every bakery does them differently. The ONLY way to find out who has the best, is to try them ALL!
While this may seem a HUGE undertaking and impossible, there ARE ways to pull this off WITHOUT having to buy a whole new wardrobe!
My personal fave is to host a King Cake party where you invite friends and instead of everybody bringing a dish for a potluck, they bring a King Cake from a different bakery around the area.
Macaroni KID Shreveport Bossier ~ for Moms in the Know has made it easy for you to find your favorite King Cake with this handy list of area offerings!
Great Places To Score a Tasty King Cake! |
Gluten Free
1718 Centenary Blvd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
(318) 676-1407
4019 Fern Ave, Suite 500
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 562-1150
Cheesecake, King Cake, King Cake Cookies & MORE
504 East Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 344-3889
Eat Fit Gluten Free King Cakes
Available per their website at the following locations:
PJ's Coffee Of New Orleans Bossier City
PJ's Coffee of New Orleans LSUHSC
Shanes Seafood & BBQ locations NorthMarket,Youree Dr & Mansfield Rd
Smoothie King Shreveport E 70th, Mansfield Rd
Sunshine Health Market & Cafe Shreveport
Taziki's mediterranean Cafe
Whole Foods Market
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Bergeron's Boudin and Cajun Meats Bossier City
Carries Randazzo’s
3933 Benton Rd, Bldg D
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
(318) 741-2243
Fat Tuesday Sandwich Shop & Bakery
1201 Shady Grove Dr Suite B
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
(318) 734-0299
PJ's Coffee Of New Orleans Bossier City
2119 Airline Dr., Ste 100
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
(318) 588-5188
3230 Barksdale Blvd
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112
(318) 741-1003
615 Benton Rd
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
(318) 746-0311
6100 Hwy 3
Benton, LA 71006
(318) 965-0311
4350 Viking Dr Ste 2
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
(318) 742-6486
| GLOSTER |
4178 Highway 171
Gloster, Louisiana 71046
(318) 933-1401
| Haughton/MINDEN |
The Broken Bean at Minden
107 McDonald Street
Minden, LA 71055
(318) 639-9540
Haughton, LA
316 Homer Rd
Minden, LA 71055
(318) 299-3826
| SHREVEPORT |
Buttercups Cupcakes (Cupcakes & Macarons)
6535 Youree Dr Ste 207
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 797-6696
401 Edwards Street, Ste 100
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
or
2710 Centenary Blvd
Shreveport, LA 71104
2814 Greenwood Rd
Shreveport, LA 71109
(318) 936-3239
Carries Cartozzo's King Cakes (from Kenner) & Has Daiquiris
1939 Southern Loop Ste M
Shreveport, LA 71106
(318) 671-4946
(318) 868-6229
421 Market Street
Shreveport, LA 71101
(318) 470-6470
Historically has both Sweet & Savory King Cakes
Eat Fit Gluten Free King Cakes
Available per their website at the following locations:
PJ's Coffee Of New Orleans Bossier City
PJ's Coffee of New Orleans LSUHSC
Shanes Seafood & BBQ locations NorthMarket,Youree Dr & Mansfield Rd
Smoothie King Shreveport E 70th, Mansfield Rd
Sunshine Health Market & Cafe Shreveport
Taziki's mediterranean Cafe
Whole Foods Market
Ferrier's Rollin' in the Dough
1333 Captain Shreve Dr
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 868-6836
825 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104
(318) 424-4995
Gluten-free & Vegan available as well as Regular!
1718 Centenary Blvd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
(318) 676-1407
Gluten Free, King Cake Cookies, King Cakes & MORE
4019 Fern Ave, Suite 500
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 562-1150
Cheesecake, King Cake, King Cake Cookies & MORE
504 East Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 344-3889
Randazzo’s King Cakes
9535 Ellerbe Rd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
(318) 795-9006
Bergeron's Boudin and Cajun Meats of Shreveport
Randazzo’s King Cakes
7805 E Kings Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71115
(318) 670-7204
King Cake Cupcakes
1370 E 70th St STE 400
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318) 828-1648
1409 E 70th St, Ste 116
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
(318) 524-3900
Southern Maid Mansfield Rd.
9359 Mansfield Rd
Shreveport, LA
(318) 687-1050
Southern Maid North Market
3161 North Market
Shreveport, LA
(318) 425-7011
Spring Lake & Whisk Collaboration popups
Shreveport, La 71106
(318) 465-6786
Well+Fed Louisiana (vegan king cake cinnamon rolls & toast)
678 Egan St
Shreveport, LA
(318) 779-0030
318-573-9001
(Out of Looosiana Seafood & Market)
9220 Wallace Lake Rd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106
(318) 459-8771 / (318) 525-7154
| STONEWALL |
Sweet & Savory Options
(318) 707-3285
Home-Based Bakers |
Bayou Cakes & Confections (By mail only)
Have a business in the Shreveport, Bossier City or surrounding area that makes a great king cake and would like to add it to our list?
Get it added HERE.
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