{"id":27045,"date":"2019-01-06T08:33:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T13:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/?p=27045"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:23:34","slug":"galette-des-rois-kings-cake-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/en\/2019\/01\/06\/galette-des-rois-kings-cake-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Galette des rois: French Kings\u2019 Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It has been a while since I wanted to make this galette des rois<\/em>. This is a kings\u2019 cake French people make with puff pastry. They fill it with a delicious frangipane. They eat this cake in France during the Epiphany, twelve nights after Christmas. In other words, today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gelette<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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As old-fashioned as I am, I wanted to make everything from scratch. But then, I didn\u2019t have the time to make homemade puff pastry: roll it repeatedly to get the fluffy consistency of a good puff pastry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Galette<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, I got it from the freezer at the store,\u00a0and voil\u00e0<\/em>: I made this delicious\u00a0galette des rois\u00a0<\/em>to celebrate the arrival of\u00a0Los Tres Reyes Magos<\/em>. In Spanish, we call them the Three Kings or Three Magi. According to Matthew\u2019s<\/span> Gospel, they paid tribute to the Christ Child, bringing gold, frankincense, and myrrh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Detail<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A dessert to say goodbye to the holiday season…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Epiphany, or Three Kings\u2019 Day, also marks the end of the Christmas season<\/a>. When I was a little girl, my sister Andre\u00edna and I used to get little presents and sweets. These gifts were supposedly left in our beds by the three exotic magi who traveled from the East to revere the newborn Messiah. We don’t get presents, but now that I live in America, I like to extend the holiday season by baking this delicious cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Galette<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Spain, this is the holiday when children and adults get presents and eat Rosc\u00f3n de Reyes<\/a><\/em>, a delicious sweet bread shaped like a wheel or crown filled with whipped cream and topped with candied fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cenital<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Galette des rois<\/em>, a French dessert and tradition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In France, galettes des rois<\/em> are so popular that some bakeries start selling them by December and keep doing that well after the Epiphany too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"French<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

French p\u00e2tissiers<\/em> fill this cake with an almond cream called frangipane. Inside the galette, they usually hide a\u00a0f\u00e8ve<\/em>\u00a0(a bean or a figurine representing baby Jesus).<\/span> The one who gets the f\u00e8ve or figurine becomes king or queen for the day and year! Isn’t this cool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Galette<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Instead of the f\u00e8ve<\/em> or the figurine, I hid an almond. But if you freak out about somebody shocking or hurting a tooth, I have the solution. Simply hide a piece of chocolate or skip this part of the tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Slice<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I love galette des rois<\/em> because who doesn’t love a buttery puff pastry filled with frangipane? This is a cake made in heaven for kings. I hope you like my recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to make Galette des rois<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To make this recipe, you’ll need some ingredients and kitchen utensil utensils easily found online, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n