Easy King Cake with Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix
This King Cake made with Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix is easy to make recipe and a New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition!
Servings 12 Servings
Equipment
- King Cake Baby Figurine
Ingredients
Sweet Dough
- 1 (16 oz) box Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix
- 3 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 cup Hot water (120-130 degrees)
- 2 Tbsp Butter softened
- 1 Egg
Cinnamon Filling
- 1 cup Brown sugar firmly packed
- 1/3 cup All purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Butter softened
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Cinnamon
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 2 Tbsp Butter softened
- 1 1/2 oz Cream cheese
- 3/4 cup Powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp Milk
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions
Sweet Dough
- In a large bowl combine the dry ingredients.
- Add the water, butter and egg and stir until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
- Lightly flour a service and kneed the dough for 5 minutes or until smooth
- Cover the dough and let rest for 5 minutes.
Cinnamon Filling
- In a small bowl combing the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter with a fork.
- On a lightly floured surface roll dough to a 10 x 15 inch rectangle.
- Crumble cinnamon mixture evenly over dough.
- Cut dough into three equal strips, long thin strips.
- Roll each strip up individually.
- Move all three rolls onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Gently braid the three strands together, gently tucking the ends into the beginning to form a ring.
- Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until doubled.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Glaze
- In a medium bowl beat the butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until blended.
- Add powdered sugar, milk and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- Evenly spread over king cake.
- Shake sprinkles on top of wet icing.
- Before serving gently embed the baby up underneath the bottom side of the cake.