What Cake Is Eaten On Mardi Gras?
King Cake is the traditional dessert eaten during Mardi Gras. It is a sweet pastry in the shape of a hollow circle, coated with icing and decorated with green, gold, and purple sugar. The cake is made with a sweet dough and filled with cinnamon sugar, cream cheese, or fruit. A small plastic baby, representing the baby Jesus, is hidden inside the cake and the person who finds it in their slice must buy the next King Cake or host the next Mardi Gras party.