King's Cake
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine
- 16 ounces sour cream
- 13 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 packages yeast, active dry
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup water warm
- 2 large eggs
- 6 cups flour, all-purpose divided
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon ground
- 13 cup butter or margarine, softened
- Combine first 4 ingredients in saucepan; heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally.
- Let mixture cool to 105 to 115 degrees.
- Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in warm water in large bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
- Add butter mixture, eggs, and 2 cups flour; beat at Medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes or until smooth.
- Gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic (about 10 minutes).
- Place in a well-greased bowl, turning to grease top.
- Cover, and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 1 hour, or until dough is doubled in bulk.
- Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
- Punch dough down, and divide in half.
- Turn one portion of dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and roll to a 28x10-inch rectangle.
- Spread half each of butter and cinnamon mixture on dough.
- Roll dough, jellyroll fashion, starting at long side.
- Gently place dough roll, seam side down, on a lightly greased baking sheet.
- Bring ends of dough together to form an oval ring, moistening and pinching the edges together to seal.
- Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 20 minutes, or until doubled in bulk.
- Bake at 375F (190C) for 20 to 25 minutes.
- Repeat procedure with remaining dough, butter and cinnamon mixture.
- Decorate each cake with bands of colored frostings, and sprinkle with colored sugars.
butter, sour cream, sugar, salt, yeast, sugar, water, eggs, flour, sugar, cinnamon ground, butter
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/kings-cake-47242 (may not work)