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who sells the best king cake
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:10 am
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:10 am
in new orleans and baton rouge area
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Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:12 am to bdaniels
Hadels
Cream cheese filled
Cream cheese filled
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:17 am to bdaniels
LINK
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
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:19 am to Neauxla
That was last year's rankings.
I picked up a Baker Maid from Langenstein's this year and it was really good. Easily top 5.
I picked up a Baker Maid from Langenstein's this year and it was really good. Easily top 5.
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:21 am to Neauxla
no Tastee/McKenzie's?
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:21 am to Neauxla
Need to hit up the butcher
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:22 am to busbeepbeep
quote:I didn't pick one up last year. My bad.
Tastee/McKenzie's?
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:22 am to TigerWise
quote:they got a king cake?
the butcher
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:23 am to Neauxla
quote:
porcelain musical instrument (the one Steve Urkel always played on Family Matters)
It's called an accordion. Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:23 am to Neauxla
Yes, check out the Elvis for something different.
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:25 am to busbeepbeep
quote:
McKenzie's
The best. No icing.
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:25 am to Neauxla
quote:
La Boulangerie, Magazine St., Uptown (Grade A) New winner on best king cake tasted! They sold the French and the traditional NOLA style.
Their french style is delicious. I'll blaspheme and say I'm not a fan of Nola style king cakes.
This post was edited on 1/15/13 at 11:26 am
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:27 am to BottomlandBrew
Anyone tried Domenica's yet? I really want to try it.
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:42 am to BottomlandBrew
quote:It looks like a giant croissant. I want to try it.
Their french style is delicious. I'll blaspheme and say I'm not a fan of Nola style king cakes.
quote:
the Evlis
guess I'll have to check it out some time for lunch
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:50 am to Neauxla
quote:Seriously?
musical instrument (the one Steve Urkel always played on Family Matters)
Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:58 am to bdaniels
You haven't had king cake until you've had Meche's in Lafayette. The real Galette du Rois
Posted on 1/15/13 at 12:40 pm to bdaniels
BR Area---Have yet to find any great ones...Ambrosia is just okay.
Nola Area--Out of all the Randazzo's in Nola and the Northshore, Manny's is the best. His king cakes are rarely stale and always taste fresh.
Sucre is okay, but it's more like a croissant, and tastes better warmed up in the oven.
Haydel's is good, has a similar vibe to Manny's.
Manny's ex-wife Dianne has a place in River Ridge. Her king cake tastes similar to Manny's but she has a different icing recipe.
Marguerite's bakery Slidell/Metairie is okay as well.
I still say Manny's is the most consistent/tastes the best, but I end up scraping some of that icing off because it can be a little too sweet.
Nola Area--Out of all the Randazzo's in Nola and the Northshore, Manny's is the best. His king cakes are rarely stale and always taste fresh.
Sucre is okay, but it's more like a croissant, and tastes better warmed up in the oven.
Haydel's is good, has a similar vibe to Manny's.
Manny's ex-wife Dianne has a place in River Ridge. Her king cake tastes similar to Manny's but she has a different icing recipe.
Marguerite's bakery Slidell/Metairie is okay as well.
I still say Manny's is the most consistent/tastes the best, but I end up scraping some of that icing off because it can be a little too sweet.
This post was edited on 1/15/13 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 1/15/13 at 1:27 pm to ladytiger118
I love how all the NOLA people are like: Baton Rouge King Cakes suck!!! But they really aren't much different.
Posted on 1/15/13 at 1:34 pm to GeorgeTheGreek
Calandros in Baton Rouge FTW 
Posted on 1/15/13 at 5:05 pm to LSUcdro
Haydel's without a doubt, the best in Louisiana
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