King Cakes are a HUGE facet of our Mardi Gras season here in Louisiana. Some say that the King Cake was brought to New Orleans from France around 1870.  It's a sort of hybrid between brioche bread (sweet buttery and made with milk, butter and eggs) and a flaky French pastry. A King Cake is typically braided and an oval-shaped or rounded which represents the unity of the faiths.  They are normally topped with a light icing and colored sugars: purple representing justice, green representing faith and gold representing power. The brioche-base allows for bakers to get creative with a wide range of fun fillings which is where things get super interesting and tasty with endless combinations. Some are filled with fruit based filling such as rasberry or apple while others are filled with cream cheese or bavarian cream.  Some extra-adventurous bakers spring for boudin or crawfish fille...