King Cake Recipes

King Cake with Cream Cheese Cinnamon Filling

*From Holly Clegg’s trim and terrific Gulf Coast Favourites

*Makes 16 servings


Ingredients:

2 (8-ounce) cans reduced-fat crescent rolls

4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese

2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons butter

1/3 cup light brown sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon


Preparation:

• Preheat oven 350°F. Coat 10-inch round pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.

• Separate crescent rolls at perforations, into 16 slices. Place slices around prepared pan with points in center. About halfway down from points, press seams together.

• In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Spread on dough in center where seams have been pressed together.

• In another small bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon with fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over cream cheese. Fold dough points over filling, then fold bottom of triangle over points forming a circular roll like a king cake.

• Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly, drizzle with colored Mardi Gras Icing.


Mardi Gras Icing:

1 cup confectioners’ sugar

1-2 tablespoons skim milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pink, Lime green, Light blue food colorings

• In small bowl, combine all ingredients, except food color. Divide mixture into three bowls.

• In first bowl, add a few drops of pink food coloring. In second bowl, add a few drops of green food coloring. In third bowl, add equal amounts of drops of blue food coloring (to create purple).

• Drizzle over baked cake.


Nutritional information per serving: Calories 184 Calories from fat 36% Fat 7 g Saturated Fat 3 g Cholesterol 9 mg Sodium 275 mg Carbohydrate 26 g Dietary Fiber 0 g Sugars 16 g Protein 3 g

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Easy Heart Healthy King Cake Recipe:

Ingredients:

3 cups buttermilk baking mix

1 cup skim milk

1/2 cup reduced-fat margarine, melted

1/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon


Preparation:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with nonfat cooking spray.

• Blend mix and milk to make dough. Place dough on wax paper-covered surface sprinkled with additional mix. Knead 10 times. Form dough into long roll then flatten with rolling pin to about 22-by-10 inches, about 1/4-inch thick. Brush dough with two tablespoons melted reduced-fat margarine.


• Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on top, allowing melted margarine to absorb mixture.

• Roll the dough in jellyroll fashion, lengthwise and into a large circle on cookie sheet. Brush top with remaining melted margarine. Bake 25 to 35 minutes until golden brown.

*Makes 12 servings.


For the icing:

3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

4 tablespoons water

• 1 to 2 drops each green, yellow, red, and blue food coloring
Blend powdered sugar, vanilla and water.

• Divide blended icing into three portions, tinting one with green coloring, one with yellow coloring, and combining blue and red coloring for purple icing.

• Insert a plastic baby or coffee bean token into baked and cooled King Cake.

• Drizzle each icing onto cake creating color sections.


For cheese filling combine:

1 (8-ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese

1 cup confectioners' sugar

2 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon vanilla

Drop or two of milk

• Cream all ingredients together with an electric mixer.

• Spread on the flattened dough mixture on top of the sprinkled sugar and cinnamon mixture before rolling it into a ring.


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