The oval or ring-shaped sweet yeast bread is typically decorated with vibrant purple, green, and gold sugar or icing.

If you find the baby in your slice of king cake, congratulations! You get to be "king" or "queen" for the day. But you also ...

I've enjoyed having our own mini Mardi Gras celebration at home over the years. I was raised in Mexico in a Catholic family, ...

Ready to celebrate Mardi Gras with Disney? It will come as no surprise that our favorite things involve food, and in this ...

It tasted like the perfect dessert for a Bourbon Street wedding on Fat Tuesday, and was even better when I dipped it in coffee. It may not be the most traditional New Orleans king cake you've ...

Ahead of the game time excitement, Fat Tuesday, a chain that got its start in New Orleans, is honoring its roots and hometown ...

King cake — a colorful brioche cake with a good luck plastic baby inside — is eaten around Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras but can ...

When you start seeing King Cakes, jester masks, colorful beads and Cajun-inspired dishes, it must be Mardi Gras. Where to ...

The famous rapper made a king cake flavor of her vodka-infused whipped cream just for New Orleans. And she was serving up ...

Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

King cake and indulgent treats are plentiful in the days before the somber Christian period of Lent arrives. If you can't make the trek down to Louisiana to share in the celebration there ...