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Best place to get king cake in NOLA area?
Posted on 1/11/12 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 1/11/12 at 11:09 pm
Any suggestions greatly appreciated, haven't lived here long so was looking for suggestions on where to try?
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Posted on 1/11/12 at 11:14 pm to PortCityMadMan
Opinions on this issue will vary greatly.
Personally I say Haydel's or Gambino's. The majority will say Manny Randazzo's and damn they do have some good cakes, but they use the wrong sprinkles and it pisses me off.
For the best looking Kingcake go to Sucre', but its dry and overpriced, it just looks like something that should be at the Lourve.
If you don't feel like going to any of these places, Rouse's has a solid kingcake as well.
Personally I say Haydel's or Gambino's. The majority will say Manny Randazzo's and damn they do have some good cakes, but they use the wrong sprinkles and it pisses me off.
For the best looking Kingcake go to Sucre', but its dry and overpriced, it just looks like something that should be at the Lourve.
If you don't feel like going to any of these places, Rouse's has a solid kingcake as well.
This post was edited on 1/11/12 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 1/12/12 at 12:36 am to PortCityMadMan
Posted on 1/12/12 at 6:12 am to PortCityMadMan
Houston.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 8:01 am to notiger1997
Dorignac's has a very good one as well.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 8:03 am to PortCityMadMan
IMO if you are going to go to a bakery, go to Haydels. Supermarkets like Dorignac's and Rouse's make a decent king cake as well though.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 8:24 am to PortCityMadMan
Diane's
Posted on 1/12/12 at 8:37 am to PortCityMadMan
Another vote for Haydels! Very good!
Posted on 1/12/12 at 10:00 am to PortCityMadMan
King Cake Kind in Mandeville
Posted on 1/12/12 at 10:16 am to PortCityMadMan
Posted on 1/12/12 at 10:18 am to 12more
Congrats, you made me laugh for the first time in 2012. Posted on 1/12/12 at 10:22 am to PortCityMadMan
Coffee & ,Westbank Expressway, Marrero, LA (Grade B)
Cream Cheese ($17)
Large size, very fresh and light but lacking in moisture and much flavor other than the sugar and cream cheese. Also, I'm not sure if this was true for the whole king cake but there was no cream cheese INSIDE the cake but rather dollups around it on the top. I was not impressed but I enjoyed my slice.
Haydels Bakery, Jefferson Highway (Grade B)
Lacking in complexity and lack of flavor in the cake.
Sucre, Uptown NOLA (Grade B+)
Bread could have been more moist
Manny Randazzos, Metairie (Grade A)
Moist and full of cinnamon. Have had better icing.
Maurice's, Metairie (Grade C-)
DRY DRY DRY
La Boulangerie, Magazine St., Uptown (Grade A)
New winner on best king cake tasted! They sold the French and the traditional NOLA style. I am only tasting NOLA style and this one was top notch. It was $13 for a small Sucre sized king cake (pretty small). Instead of a baby it had a porcelain musical instrument (the one Steve Urkel always played on Family Matters). It looked like I wasn't going to enjoy it because it had limited icing and sugar on the outside but when you cut into it you see a thin layer of cinnamony sugary goodness running throughout. It was very moist with good cinnamon flavor!
Rouses, Tchopitoulas (Grade B)
Good cinnamon flavor in the cake but slightly dry and a very heavy cake. They put extra icing to cover up the slightly dry cake.
Angelo's Baker (Grade B)
Good cinnamon flavor but a little dry. Nothing spectacular.
Rankings:
La Boulangerie
Randazzos
Sucre
Coffee &
Haydels
Angelo's
Rouses
Hubig's
Maurice's
Cream Cheese ($17)
Large size, very fresh and light but lacking in moisture and much flavor other than the sugar and cream cheese. Also, I'm not sure if this was true for the whole king cake but there was no cream cheese INSIDE the cake but rather dollups around it on the top. I was not impressed but I enjoyed my slice.
Haydels Bakery, Jefferson Highway (Grade B)
Lacking in complexity and lack of flavor in the cake.
Sucre, Uptown NOLA (Grade B+)
Bread could have been more moist
Manny Randazzos, Metairie (Grade A)
Moist and full of cinnamon. Have had better icing.
Maurice's, Metairie (Grade C-)
DRY DRY DRY
La Boulangerie, Magazine St., Uptown (Grade A)
New winner on best king cake tasted! They sold the French and the traditional NOLA style. I am only tasting NOLA style and this one was top notch. It was $13 for a small Sucre sized king cake (pretty small). Instead of a baby it had a porcelain musical instrument (the one Steve Urkel always played on Family Matters). It looked like I wasn't going to enjoy it because it had limited icing and sugar on the outside but when you cut into it you see a thin layer of cinnamony sugary goodness running throughout. It was very moist with good cinnamon flavor!
Rouses, Tchopitoulas (Grade B)
Good cinnamon flavor in the cake but slightly dry and a very heavy cake. They put extra icing to cover up the slightly dry cake.
Angelo's Baker (Grade B)
Good cinnamon flavor but a little dry. Nothing spectacular.
Rankings:
La Boulangerie
Randazzos
Sucre
Coffee &
Haydels
Angelo's
Rouses
Hubig's
Maurice's
Posted on 1/12/12 at 10:44 am to Neauxla
Sucre hass the worst king cake known to New Orleans.
Posted on 1/12/12 at 11:52 am to TulaneLSU
quote:
Sucre hass the worst king cake known to New Orleans.
Says who...you?
Don't be all butthurt because no one is listening to your crappy opinions from your shitty king cake thread.
Why don't you let people try what they want and form their own opinion instead of denouncing their choices for a change.
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