Festive King's Cake

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• FILLING:
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons active dry yeast
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 4 to 4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 3/4 cup butter, cubed
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• TOPPING:
• 1-1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk
• Purple, yellow and green colored sugars

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 40mins
Cooking time 70mins
Adapted from tasteofhome.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, mix the sugar, yeast, salt and 2 cups flour. In a small saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add egg yolks; beat 2 minutes longer. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours.

For filling, mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll into a 24-in. x 6-in. rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar lengthwise down one half of the dough. Fold dough lengthwise over filling; pinch seam to seal. Transfer to a greased baking sheet, seam side down. Shape into a ring, pinching ends together to seal. Cover with a kitchen towel; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.

Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. For topping, mix the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency. Spread over cake; sprinkle with colored sugars.

Yield: 1 cake (16 slices).

1 slice equals 332 calories, 11 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 88 mg cholesterol, 368 mg sodium, 54 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 5 g protein.