This cake is very popular in Spain. It is known as 'roscón o rosca de reyes'. It is eaten on January 6. People put a bean inside the cake and the person, who find it, will be crown as the king of this day. On this day it's a tradition that the Three Wise Men give presents to the children so they related this cake and this day with happiness. They wait for this beautiful day hopefully. It means good emotions and good memories.
In France this tradition is also followed, cake's name is 'La galette des Rois'.
In Argentina, people also eat it though in this case, the cake doesn't include the bean.
In the southern of the United States the tradition is brought by Spanish people, It is related with the 'Mardi Gras' or Carnival. The most traditional king cake is aring of twisted bread with the traditional Mardi Gras colours, purple, green and gold. The surprise, in these cakes, isn't a bean, it is a small plastic baby doll.
Some bakers also offers king cakes such as green and red-icing king cakes for Christmas, red and pink-icing cakes for Valentine's Day,
and green and white-icing cakes for St. Patrick's Day.
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