LET THEM EAT CAKE!

Epiphany, or the Feast of the Kings is celebrated in France on the first Sunday (after the first Saturday) in January. Traditionally everyone eats galette du roi (the King’s Cake) on this day, however they can be found in patisseries until the end of January. Petite Johnny, Kelly and I had one on the day, and today at work we had another. The typical galette du roi is made of buttery, flaky fine pastry layers filled with frangipane, an almond cream paste. Baked right inside the cake is a tiny ceramic figurine called a fève (literally meaning a bean, which is what they put in galettes long ago). Traditionally the galette is cut and then the youngest person present has to go under the table and assign the slices to everyone (this is meant to give everyone an equal chance of finding the feve. The person who finds the fève is declared the king (le roi) or the queen (la reine) and gets to wear the paper crown that comes with the galette.

Here you can see I won the first time, however not today. Inside was a tiny ceramic teapot with France written underneath it. These cakes taste really good and I recommend that you convince someone you know who is a good cook to make you one! Bon apetite!