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King of Cakes
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ON FEBRUARY - 17 - 2011
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by Erin Z. Bass Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge held its •
first-annual King Cake Tasteoff last night at
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Hollywood Casino. It all started on Twelfth Night,
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when Visit Baton Rouge asked its Facebook fans to share their favorite place for King Cake in the city. The heated conversation then moved to •
Twitter, where follower @lynseydesign put together a map of King Cake locations. From
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there, a competition began to take shape,
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culminating in last night’s event with 17 local businesses participating, and local blog Bite and •
Booze helping present as part of its “Bite Club.” With claims to fame on Mardi Gras often going
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to New Orleans, President and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge Paul Arrigo explained Baton Rouge’s role this
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way: “Mardi Gras does not belong to one city in the state,” he said. “As a state capital, we get to share Mardi Gras too!” • Categories were split into traditional King Cake (must
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have cake, icing and possibly a filling) and non-
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traditional King Cake-flavored items, which ranged from coffee to cake balls and even soap. As a judge,
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my job was to taste them all and rate each one on taste, texture and presentation. Going in, I knew I preferred traditional, no-frills King Cake, but wasn’t
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sure if I’d be swayed by some of the fancier entries. As it turns out, I wasn’t. It was Ambrosia Bakery’s simple, cinnamon swirl (pictured on the left) that came close to perfection for me, and I was glad to
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