King Cake in a Bread Machine

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Description

Hey y’all, I came up with a non-traditional way to make a very traditional cake, and just in time for Mardi Gras. Laissez le bon temps rouler!

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup warm water (100 to 110 degrees F/40 to 45 degrees C), or as needed
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons softened butter
  • 1 egg, slightly beaten
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 ½ tablespoons white sugar
  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, or as needed
  • 2 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 ½ tablespoons melted butter
  • ½ cup chopped pecans
  • 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoons melted butter
  • ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed
  • 1 tablespoon purple colored sugar, or as needed
  • 1 tablespoon green colored sugar, or as needed
  • 1 tablespoon yellow colored sugar, or as needed

Instructions

  1. Place the warm water
  2. salt
  3. softened butter
  4. egg
  5. sour cream
  6. 3 1/2 tablespoons of sugar
  7. flour
  8. and yeast into a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer
  9. select the dough cycle
  10. and start the machine. Check the dough after about 5 minutes of mixing
  11. and add 1 to 2 more tablespoons of water or flour if the dough is too dry or wet.
  12. Mix 1/4 cup of sugar
  13. the cinnamon
  14. 2 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter together in a bowl. Grease a baking sheet
  15. and set aside.
  16. When the dough cycle is finished
  17. remove the dough and roll out to a 10×28-inch rectangle on a floured surface. Spread the cinnamon-butter mixture over the dough
  18. and sprinkle on an even layer of pecans. Pick up one of the long edges
  19. and roll the dough into a 28-inch long log.
  20. Place the rolled dough onto the prepared baking sheet
  21. seam side down
  22. and form the dough into a ring. Moisten the ends of the dough with a little water; pinch the two ends together to seal. Cover the dough ring with a cloth or greased plastic wrap
  23. and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size
  24. about 30 minutes.
  25. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  26. Bake the cake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown
  27. about 15 minutes.
  28. Mix the confectioners’ sugar
  29. 1 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter
  30. vanilla extract
  31. and just enough milk to make a smooth but not thin glaze.
  32. Remove the cake from the oven
  33. and cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack. While the cake is still warm
  34. spoon the glaze onto the cake
  35. allowing drips of glaze to dribble down the sides of the cake. Immediately sprinkle the cake with alternating bands of purple
  36. green
  37. and yellow colored sugar. Allow the cake to cool completely before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 14

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