The popular cake has since expanded its reach to the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, which is several weeks after the Epiphany. A small plastic baby or some other type of trinket is baked ...

Mardi Gras parades have a reputation for making a lot of trash. But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic ...

Typically decorated with icing and sugar or sprinkles in the traditional yellow, green, and purple colors of Mardi Gras, king cake is so called to represent Three Kings Day. A plastic baby is also ...

Hidden inside the cake is a small plastic baby and whoever finds the baby must either host next year’s king cake party or provide the next king cake. Mardi Gras food is deeply connected to the ...