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KING CAKE BATTLE (Hubig's is NOT in last place)
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:47 pm
I plan on trying a new king cake each weak from the different stores and bakeries around New Orleans until Mardi Gras to determine which one really is the best. Today was my first one.
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
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
This post was edited on 3/3/11 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:51 pm to Neauxla
It would be nice to actually get this stickied.
Damn king cake season always comes when I start trying to get rid of my football season excess poundage.
Damn king cake season always comes when I start trying to get rid of my football season excess poundage.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:52 pm to Neauxla
i prefer the doughnut king cakes instead of the traditional ones.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:53 pm to LSUAfro
quote:
Damn king cake season always comes when I start trying to get rid of my football season excess poundage.
It's always somethin'.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 1:55 pm to LSUAfro
quote:Why I am limiting myself to 1 piece per cake
Damn king cake season always comes when I start trying to get rid of my football season excess poundage.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:02 pm to Neauxla
You should start taking pictures if you can. I'd be interested to see some of them.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:04 pm to Gris Gris
quote:
It's always somethin'.
Always...
quote:
Why I am limiting myself to 1 piece per cake
Damnit I try to do the same, but that's how it starts again. One piece here...one piece there.
Anyways, this topic is discussed on a new thread daily every year. It would actually be nice to get a consolidated discussion.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:04 pm to Neauxla
Nothing beats a Randazzo from da Parish...I suspect your research will render this outcome.
But you should try sucre, maple st. pattiserie and buttermilk drop...
But you should try sucre, maple st. pattiserie and buttermilk drop...
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:06 pm to Neauxla
Haydels is my favorite
but i had a good one from whole food not to long ago
but i had a good one from whole food not to long ago
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:11 pm to Lester Earl
the kajun kringle from haydel's is really good in small amounts (its very sweet)
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:12 pm to npersa1
Just posted a pic, how do I make it smaller?
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:14 pm to Neauxla
randazzo's, antoine's on the wank, and haydell's are by far the best in nola imo
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:28 pm to Factsman
quote:
randazzo's, antoine's on the wank, and haydell's are by far the best in nola imo
Hard core Randazzo fans will ask you, "Which Randazzo's? Manny Randazzo's? or Nona Randazzo's?"
Posted on 1/27/11 at 2:45 pm to Tiger Attorney
quote:
the kajun kringle from haydel's is really good in small amounts (its very sweet)
It's the best of the best, in my opinion.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 3:13 pm to Neauxla
LaMadeleines makes one with phyllo dough that is better than any traditional king cake IMO.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 3:38 pm to Tbobby
I got one yesterday from a little Mom & Pop AG store in New Roads, it was creme cheese filled and VERY GOOD. A+
Posted on 1/27/11 at 4:52 pm to JMB1964
My favorite king cake is from hi-do bakery in Terrytown. I believe it won the WDSU competition a few years ago. A number of my east bank friends are driving over to buy them now becuase they are that good. Great crossiants and bread as well.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 5:15 pm to DandyPimp
HI DO and Dong Phuong to really good ones...Randazzo's in da Parish for me though.
Posted on 1/27/11 at 6:56 pm to Jimbeaux
quote:shite, its more than those two these days
Hard core Randazzo fans will ask you, "Which Randazzo's? Manny Randazzo's? or Nona Randazzo's?"
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