New Orleans King Cake inspired Italian Carnevale dolce

Usually for mardi gras, I make a, what´s called in New Orleans, a King Cake. It´s traditionally a large loop of cinnamon bun type yeast bread, which nowadays has gotten a more modern twist with various fillings and decoration on top such as both colored powdered sugar glaze icing and colored sugar in mardi gras colors: gold, green, purple.

Usually I make ours more basic, a big loop or large bun of the usual cinnamon bun type yeast bread, maybe decorated a tiny tiny bit with a little sprinkling of colored sugar, or a little tiny bit of colored icing sugar glaze. Some years, I´ll make the cake into a shape, such as a large Blue Crab with claws.

This year I thought I´d make one for Italian Carnevale. Will post when I decide what:). And will post a basic recipe for the King Cake also.