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Mardi Gras season formally kicked off Jan. 6 — and meaning King Muffins are right here.
For many who won’t be aware of King Muffins, a candy danish dough crammed with cinnamon sugar, cream cheese or fruit filling is roofed with vanilla icing and adorned with the Mardi Gras colours of purple, inexperienced and gold. The one that will get the slice with the plastic child inside turns into “king” for the day and is sure by customized to host the subsequent occasion and supply the King Cake.
It’s a enjoyable and engaging custom that may be loved, not simply in New Orleans, however throughout the nation.
It was you needed to make your personal King Cake or order one from New Orleans, however now many Memphis bakeries are making this Mardi Gras deal with.
Listed here are 13 locations in Memphis to discover a King Cake earlier than Mardi Gras ends Feb. 21.
Take our recommendation: Place your order early. Most locations have a restricted quantity accessible, particularly for Fats Tuesday.
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Candy LaLa’s Bakery
6150 Poplar Ave.; (901) 654-3646; sweetlalas.com
Sweet LaLa’s Bakery makes King Muffins for particular orders. “We predict what makes ours the perfect is our risen dough and made-from-scratch cream cheese and cinnamon filling,” proprietor Lauren Younger stated. Candy LaLa’s King Muffins are roughly 10 inches and feed 15. The fee is $32. Orders must be positioned no less than 48 hours upfront.
Donut Hutt
1016 W. Poplar Ave., Suite 111, Collierville; (901) 861-4404; donuthutt.com
Donut Hutt is making a number of flavors of King Muffins. Select from conventional cinnamon or one stuffed along with your alternative of cream cheese, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, lemon or Bavarian cream. Muffins can be found in three sizes. The medium (serves 14-18) is $35 for the normal cinnamon and $39 stuffed. The big (serves 25) is $49 for the normal cinnamon and $59 stuffed. New this yr is a small King Cake (serves 8-10) that could be a straight braided cake (as an alternative of the normal ring). It’s $8 for the normal cinnamon and $10 stuffed. A restricted variety of truffles will probably be accessible within the case, however preorders are really helpful.
La Baguette
3088 Poplar Ave.; (901) 458-0900; labaguettememphis.com
French bakery La Baguette has been making King Muffins for many years. The 12-inch King Muffins are created from danish dough and are cinnamon cream cheese flavored. It is best to permit two days for particular orders. The fee is $30.
Lucy J’s Bakery
1350 Concourse Ave.; (901) 257-9206; lucyjbakery.com
Lucy J’s Bakery in Crosstown Concourse is making King Muffins in each cinnamon pecan with raisins and cream cheese flavors. The King Cake is a particular order merchandise and is available in two sizes this yr. The small (serves 12-16) is $15. The big (serves 24) is $35. They request a 48-hour discover for particular order gadgets.
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Primas Bakery + Boutique
523 S. Foremost St.; (901) 352-4193; primasbakeryandboutique.com
Primas Bakery + Boutique in Downtown Memphis makes a cinnamon cream cheese King Cake for particular orders. It’s crammed with orange and lemon zest with a skinny ribbon of cinnamon cream cheese baked into the cake. A candy vanilla glaze covers the highest. The fee is $50. Rachel Mullen, who runs the bakery, can also be making Mardi Gras-themed French macaron cookies, petit fours, doughnuts and iced sugar cookies. Orders must be positioned on-line. A 48-hour discover is required for particular order gadgets, however Mullen recommends you order early to safe your required pickup date and time.
Kay Bakery
667 Avon Street; (901) 767-0780
King Muffins at Kay Bakery are solely accessible within the conventional cinnamon taste. A particular order merchandise, this King Cake feeds 10. The fee is $14.99. Muffins can be found within the case, however preorders are really helpful.
The Ginger’s Bread & Co.
1613 Union Ave.; (901) 870-3927; thegingersbread.com
The Ginger’s Bread & Co. is providing King Muffins in two flavors. A historically adorned King Cake is available in a cinnamon sugar taste and a praline taste stuffed and topped with caramel and pecans. Every cake is made with a traditional brioche dough. Select from a big ($16) or a mini ($8) that feeds one or two. Proprietor Jimmy Hoxie stated King Muffins will probably be within the store every day beginning Jan. 17. Particular orders could be positioned on-line.
Farm and Fig
800 Cooper St.; (901) 483-8282; farmandfigcatering.com
Farm and Fig is providing a number of King Cake choices. The buttery cinnamon stuffed cake (which comes with or with out cream cheese) is topped with a vanilla glaze and the normal gold, inexperienced and purple sugars. Full-size truffles price $40 and feed eight to 10. Smaller mini-sized King Muffins are $10 every. New this yr is the “King Creole” King Cake ($45 every). This over-the-top King Cake is crammed with banana and peanut butter pastry cream and topped with marshmallow glaze and candied bacon. They request a 48-hour discover for particular order gadgets.
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St. Michael’s Catholic Church
3863 Summer season Ave.; stmichaelmemphis.com
Father Ben Bradshaw and his volunteer crew at St. Michael’s Catholic Church will probably be baking King Muffins for Mardi Gras weekend. Muffins can be found in Nutella, salted caramel, cherry and chocolate chip cookie dough flavors. Every cake is $40. Orders can solely be positioned on-line. Pickup is Feb. 17 on the church.
Memphis Whistle
2299 Younger Ave.; (901) 236-7136; memphiswhistle.com
Memphis Whistle, a cocktail bar in Cooper-Young, is making mini King Muffins that serve one or two folks. Amanda Hicks, who owns the bar along with her husband, Jef, makes the mini King Muffins from scratch every day utilizing a cinnamon roll recipe from her childhood. She ices them with a selfmade cream cheese icing spiked with a cinnamon-infused rum that Jef makes for the bar. The truffles are $10 every and feed two. They’re accessible every day till they run out. Orders could be positioned upfront. A gluten-free possibility requires 24-hour discover.
Carrington’s Catering
7946 Fischer Metal Street, Cordova; (901) 481-4206; carringtonscatering.com
Carrington’s Catering will probably be taking particular orders for King Muffins. Every cream cheese-filled cake is a couple of 12-inch ring. Select from flavors akin to cherry, brown sugar cinnamon and apple. Every cake is $34, and truffles could be picked up at Memphis Kitchen Co-Op. To order, textual content (901) 481-4206 or electronic mail info@carringtonscatering.com.
Bluff Muffins
7946 Fischer Metal Street, Cordova; bluffcakes.comBluff Cakes will probably be making King Muffins for particular orders. Every cake feeds 12. Select from a standard cinnamon sugar or cinnamon and cream cheese cake; every is $40. Muffins could be picked up at Memphis Kitchen Co-Op. Orders must be positioned on-line three days upfront.
Jacque Louise
Gluten-free bakery Jacque Louise is making king truffles for Mardi Gras. Flavors for the 7-inch bundt-style spherical truffles embody Cream Cheese or Praline filling — each glazed and adorned with Mardi Gras coloured dusting sugar. Muffins are $40. All Jacque Louise merchandise are gluten-free and produced in a Celiac-safe kitchen. Order on-line; a 48-hour window is required previous to ordering. All orders are picked up at Snapdragon Floral (734 Mt. Moriah).
Jennifer Chandler is the Meals & Eating reporter at The Industrial Enchantment. She could be reached at jennifer.chandler@commercialappeal.com and you may observe her on Twitter and Instagram at @cookwjennifer.
