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Mac KID Shreveport Bossier ~for Moms In the Know King Cake Guide

Find your faves & discover new ones with our guide to Shreveport - Bossier City area King Cakes!

By by Mimi Rankin Webb, Publisher - Macaroni KID Shreveport-Bossier ~for Moms In the Know December 30, 2023

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


Lilah's Bakery

1718 Centenary Blvd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101

(318) 676-1407


Lowder Baking Company

4019 Fern Ave, Suite 500
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105

(318) 562-1150


Prep Cakes Bakery

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:

Don Juanz Baja Beach Tacos

Ki'Mexico 

Pita De'Novo 

Pita Pit Shreveport 

PJ's Coffee Of New Orleans Bossier City

PJ's Coffee of New Orleans LSUHSC

Rhino Coffee Downtown

Rhino Coffee Uptown

Shanes Seafood & BBQ locations NorthMarket,Youree Dr & Mansfield Rd

Smoothie King Shreveport E 70th, Mansfield Rd

Sunshine Health Market & Cafe Shreveport

Taylor'd Eatz

Taziki's mediterranean Cafe
Whole Foods Market

Zuzul Coastal Cuisine


BOSSIER CITY


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


Southern Maid Donuts

3230 Barksdale Blvd
Bossier City, Louisiana 71112

(318) 741-1003


Tubbs Hardware & Cajun Gifts

615 Benton Rd
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111

(318) 746-0311


Tubbs Hardware & Cajun Gifts

6100 Hwy 3

Benton, LA 71006

(318) 965-0311


The Wooden Spoon Bossier

4350 Viking Dr Ste 2  
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111

(318) 742-6486



GLOSTER


Sunrise Cookies

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


Sweet Cheeks

Haughton, LA 

(318) 415-8811 


Super Donut

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


Cheesecakes And More

401 Edwards Street, Ste 100  
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101

or

2710 Centenary Blvd

Shreveport, LA 71104

(318) 227-1075


Creole Cafe' & Catering

2814 Greenwood Rd 

Shreveport, LA 71109

(318) 936-3239


Corks and Cuts

Carries Cartozzo's King Cakes (from Kenner) & Has Daiquiris

1939 Southern Loop Ste M

Shreveport, LA 71106

(318) 671-4946 


The Dough Basket

(318) 868-6229


Dripp Donuts 

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:

Don Juanz Baja Beach Tacos

Ki'Mexico 

Pita De'Novo 

Pita Pit Shreveport 

PJ's Coffee Of New Orleans Bossier City

PJ's Coffee of New Orleans LSUHSC

Rhino Coffee Downtown

Rhino Coffee Uptown

Shanes Seafood & BBQ locations NorthMarket,Youree Dr & Mansfield Rd

Smoothie King Shreveport E 70th, Mansfield Rd

Sunshine Health Market & Cafe Shreveport

Taylor'd Eatz

Taziki's mediterranean Cafe
Whole Foods Market

Zuzul Coastal Cuisine


Ferrier's Rollin' in the Dough

1333 Captain Shreve Dr  
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105

(318) 868-6836


Julie Anne's Bakery & Cafe

825 Kings Hwy
Shreveport, Louisiana 71104

(318) 424-4995


Lilah's Bakery

Gluten-free & Vegan available as well as Regular!

1718 Centenary Blvd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101

(318) 676-1407


Lowder Baking Company

Gluten Free, King Cake Cookies, King Cakes & MORE

4019 Fern Ave, Suite 500
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105

(318) 562-1150


Prep Cakes Bakery

Cheesecake, King Cake, King Cake Cookies & MORE

504 East Kings Hwy

Shreveport, Louisiana 71105

(318) 344-3889


Cush's Grocery 

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


Smallcakes Shreveport

King Cake Cupcakes

1370 E 70th St STE 400

Shreveport, LA 71105

(318) 828-1648


Southern Maid Donuts

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


Sweet Pea Bakery

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


White Box Bakery

318-573-9001


Whisk Dessert Bar

(Out of Looosiana Seafood & Market)

9220 Wallace Lake Rd
Shreveport, Louisiana 71106

(318) 459-8771 / (318) 525-7154



STONEWALL


The Queen of Sweets Stonewall

Sweet & Savory Options

(318) 707-3285

Home-Based Bakers

Bayou Cakes & Confections (By mail only)

Kimyummy's, LLC.

Sweet B's Pastry

Sweet Pea Bakery

Royalty Sweet Shoppe, LLC

The Queen of Sweets Stonewall



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.

Feeling adventurous & up for something different? Try your creating your OWN King Cake using our handy recipes HERE.




























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