This Kid-Friendly King Cake isn’t so much of a recipe as it’s an idea of an activity to share with your favorite small human.
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Mardi Gras season is such a fun and happy time, why not celebrate it by making some of the iconic foods in a way that little hands can help with and create? Using refrigerated cinnamon rolls makes this activity easy enough for even the smallest hands! Plus, every kid loves to spread icing onto anything and then sprinkle colored sugar on it!
Look at this sweet little face! This precious small human is my great-niece, Paige. It is safe to say that she has me (along with the rest of the family) wrapped around her little finger. She is the happiest, sweetest, and funniest little girl. We had a blast making this kid-friendly king cake!
King Cake Facts
But first, here are some fun facts about king cake.
A king cake is a mashup of coffee cake, a cinnamon roll, and French pastry and is shaped into an oval. The oval shape is thought to symbolize the unity of faith.
The colors of the king cake icing are the same as Mardi Gras colors. Gold represents power, purple represents justice, and green represents faith.
King cake is first seen on January 6th (The Epiphany) and throughout Carnival Season.
A baby is placed inside the king cake as a prize to find for a lucky eater. The person who finds it is the ‘king’ for the day and is responsible to buy the king cake the next year.
Ingredients Needed
This is almost laughable to call this an ingredient list, but this is what we used for our ‘project’.
A few simple things thrown onto the table just make the party seem more festive, right? Mardi Gras decor is very simple and inexpensive. The best part is that it’s small, so it can be easily saved for next year!
One of the reasons that Paige and I had so much fun doing this project together is that we didn’t focus on the end product. Paige had some trouble placing the rolls on their side, so as you can see in your photo, we placed the cinnamon rolls flat. Just have fun with your kiddos and don’t worry about what the end product looks like. It will still taste amazing and y’all will have a blast!
So, here’s what to do:
Pop open the rolls of cinnamon buns.
Separate the rolls and pat them lightly to flatten them a little.
Lie them down on their sides to form a wreath shape.