King's bread recipe?!


Question: King's bread recipe!?
I need a recipe for this as a class project!. Not the bread with raisins but the kind with the green, purple, and yellow colors on top!. Help!? please//thank youWww@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Mardi Gras King Cake

1 pk Yeast
1/4 c Warm water
6 ts Milk, scalded and cooled
4 c Flour (to 5 cups)
1/2 lb Butter
3/4 c Sugar
1/4 ts Salt
4 Eggs
2 ts Melted butter
Small plastic doll (or bean)
Light corn syrup for topping
Granulated sugar for topping
- green, yellow, purp

Dissolve yeast in warm water!. Add milk and about 1/2
cup of flour!. In a large bowl, blend butter, sugar,
salt and eggs!. Add yeast dough and mix thoroughly!.
Gradually, add 2 1/2 cups flour to make a medium
dough!. Place in a greased bowl and brush with melted
butter!. Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise
until double in volume, about 3 hours!. Use 1 cup or
more flour to knead dough and roll into a 4 to 5 foot
long rope!. Form into a oval on a 14 x 17" greased
cookie sheet, connecting ends of the rope with a few
drops of water!. Press the doll (or bean) into the
dough from underneath!. Cover with a damp cloth and let
rise until double in volume, about 1 hour!. Bake @ 325
degrees for 35 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned!.
Brush top of cake with corn syrup and sprinkle with
alternating bands of colored sugar!. Cake freezes well!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

What you are talking about is "King Cake" which is eaten for Mardi Gras!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

That sounds bad, where do they eat that!?Www@FoodAQ@Com





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