Whatever you decide that getting the baby means, and whatever your king cake looks like, there are many ways to celebrate Carnival, — even if you can’t make it to New Orleans.

Today, just about every king cake in Louisiana leaves the bakery with a plastic baby inside. "We order about hundreds of thousands of babies," Nick Caywood of Caywood & Randazzo's said.

Freshly made and decorated King Cakes are seen ready to be boxed at Montgomery Bakehouse, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Conroe. King Cake, also known as a three kings cake, is a cake associated in ...

Ayu Bakehouse in the Marigny sells their king cake with a golden bean instead of a baby. The bakery, which opened in 2022, won The Times-Picayune's 2024 king cake bracket.

The cake was used to honor the biblical three kings, whose journey to Bethlehem to greet the baby Jesus took 12 days (hence the 12 days of Christmas). The cake was served at celebrations during ...

King cake of the day: Baby’s first New Orleans rite of passage with a sweet, egg-free version By EMILY WOODRUFF | Staff writer Feb 14, 2025 Updated Feb 14, 2025 1 min to read ...

Tradition holds that king cake is not to be eaten before Carnival season begins on Jan. 6 or after Mardi Gras—Fat Tuesday—which falls this year on March 4.

The rich history of Mardi Gras' King Cake tradition By Robin Bradshaw, Staff writer Updated Jan 6, 2025 4:40 p.m.

It's really fun." The "baby" Osting referred to is a non-toxic plastic toy baked into the cake. Traditionally, the person who finds the baby is responsible for buying next year's King Cake.

Speaking of the baby, the King Cake Baby has come of age, with a filmmaker using the Carnival icon to teach the world about Mardi Gras culinary traditions, specifically king cakes.

Today, just about every king cake in Louisiana leaves the bakery with a plastic baby inside. "We order about hundreds of thousands of babies," Nick Caywood of Caywood & Randazzo's said.