Use store-bought cinnamon roll dough as a shortcut to make this delicious and Easy King Cake to celebrate Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword King Cake
Servings 6
Calories
Ingredients
2 cans refrigerated cinnamon roll dough
For the frosting:
1cuppowdered sugar
2tbspmilk
1/4tspvanilla extract
greenyellow and purple sugar sprinkles and food coloring if you want to have colored
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.
Open the cans of cinnamon roll dough and unroll the dough and pinch together to form 3 long strands. Working on a clean surface, braid the dough strands into one large braided log. Place the braided dough on the prepared baking sheet and shape to make a ring, overlapping the ends and pinching them together to make a complete circle. Pat the dough into shape as necessary to make the ring even in size all the way around. Cover loosely with foil.
Bake in preheated oven until firm to the touch and golden brown, 40 to 50 minutes. Check often for doneness so the ring doesn't over bake. Place on a wire rack and cool completely.
Place the cake ring on a serving plate. Cut a slit along the inside of the ring and insert a small plastic baby, pushing it far enough into the cake to be hidden from view.
Prepare the frosting by mixing the sugar with the milk until smooth. Drizzle the cake with the frosting when the cake has cooled.
Dust the cake with multi-colored sprinkles and decorate with beads, additional plastic babies, curly ribbon, and other festive trinkets.