Monday, January 12, 2009

King's cake from different countries

While researching for the king's cake yesterday I found that countries that have strong catholic influence do have their own version of Christmas or New Year cake.

The galette des rois, the only one I knew and have tried is from the northern France.

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I was surprised to see that the gâteau des rois is actually quite different from the gallete des rois. This one from Provence has a hole in the middle and is decorated with colorful fruits.

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Huguito sent me the link to wikipedia for the Portuguese Bolo rei. "Rei" here must mean king as it is similar to the French "roi". It looks so yummy, I can probably finish one by myself. :-)

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Mexican Roscón de Reyes.

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Rosca de Reyes from Spain. It looks like the French baguette in round shape.

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The King's cake crossed the Pacific Ocean and arrived at Louisiana. With the icing it looks so colorful but too sweet at the same time.

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How I wonder why the Northern French galette des rois, the one we eat in Brittany, has no hole compare to the rest?

5 comments:

  1. Looking at so many king cakes have awakened my appetite, lol...Maybe i should send one to France then hahaha, or at least give you my slice of Bolo-Rei. You can find its recipe online.

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  2. Maybe you have found out by now but the galettes with holes are actually made of brioche, usually topped with cristallized fruits, while the galette you know is a tourte filled with frangipane (almond/butter/sugar filling).

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  3. Fabulous post!
    Thank you~
    Constance

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  4. The colors make it look so festive!

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  5. I'm from Spain, and here we don't eat the "rosca" on january the 5th, ve eat "roscón de Reyes", the one which you've tagged like a mexican sweet ;)

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