King cake

• King cake is the traditional sweet yeast bread that is served in New Orleans before Lent and during Mardi Gras. Both the dough and the filling make extensive use of lemon and vanilla flavorings, and the cake perfumes the room as it bakes.
(Examiner)
• Mardi Gras is a food and drink fest happens in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Where did it begin? It started as a Pagan Festival of Greek and Roman origins. Over time it has transformed into the beginning of the 40 days of Lent, a major Christian event.
(Examiner)
• In Mobile and New Orleans, its not Mardi Gras without a King Cake. Throughout the Mardi Gras season, King Cake parties, tracing back to the late 1800s, are common.
(Montgomery Advertiser)
• Others, like the alligator sausage, I could never quite get used to. But the thing I loved best was the Mardi Gras king cake.
(Cape Cod Times)
• This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world's most popular websites. Mardi Gras in NOLA is more than just Fat Tuesday and paczkis.
(YAHOO!)
• Various locations. Quacks 43rd Street Bakery Quirky Quacks will offer its own king cake interpretation the weekend before Mardi Gras. 411 E. 43rd, 453-3399.
(Austin Chronicle)
• Others, like the alligator sausage, I could never quite get used to. But the thing I loved best was the Mardi Gras king cake.
(Asbury Park Press)
• Mardi Gras is a magical time in New Orleans, featuring weeks of merry-making and re-enacting of old traditions. The Mardi Gras celebration, better known as Twelfth Night, Epiphany, or Kings Day, begins in January with the first round of grand balls.
(The Daily News Online)
• After readers picked six favorite king cake bakeries, the Mardi Gras 2012 King Cake King contest judging began. On Feb. 7, the King Cake King judging panel traveled to 4821 Veterans Memorial Blvd.
(nola.com)
• There are many reasons to be enticed by Mardi Gras, and high on the list would definitely be the food. From po boys to beignets, one certainly has great options in Louisiana.
(Huffington Post)