新奧爾良的國王蛋糕傳統可以追溯到歐洲基督教習俗

新奧爾良市的獨特歷史和當地文化，著名的烹飪場景和象徵性喧鬧的慶祝活動（最著名的是狂歡節），在整個狂歡節季節都慶祝，在整個狂歡節季節都尤為強烈，並且在星期二（基督教徒開始前一天）在幾週（基督教徒開始前的第二天）變得特別激烈。新奧爾良提供了許多烹飪傳統，可以參加全年參加，從享用法國區的甜菜和奇異咖啡到在城市的傳奇鬼餐廳用餐

The city of New Orleans is famed throughout the world for its unique history and local culture, renowned culinary scene, and iconically raucous celebrations — most notably Mardi Gras, which is celebrated throughout Carnival season and gets especially intense in the weeks leading up to Shrove Tuesday (the day before the start of Christian Lent).

新奧爾良市的獨特歷史和當地文化，著名的烹飪場景和象徵性喧鬧的慶祝活動（最著名的是狂歡節），在整個狂歡節季節都慶祝，在整個狂歡節季節都尤為強烈，並且在星期二（基督教徒開始前一天）在幾週（基督教徒開始前的第二天）變得特別激烈。

New Orleans offers plenty of culinary traditions to participate in year-round, from enjoying beignets and chicory coffee in the French Quarter to dining at the city's legendary haunted restaurants, but if you visit during Mardi Gras, there's one colorful dessert you won't be able to escape: king cake.

新奧爾良提供了許多烹飪傳統，可以全年參加，從享用法國區的甜菜和奇異咖啡到在城市傳奇的鬧鬼餐廳用餐，但是如果您在狂歡節期間訪問，有一件五顏六色的甜點，您將無法逃脫：國王蛋糕。

King cake can take different shapes and contain decadent surprises, but it's best known in its traditional form: a sweet bread baked in a circular crown shape and dressed in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of gold, purple, and green. King cake also usually comes with a small baby figurine hidden inside, though this tradition only began in the 1940s, decades after people in New Orleans started celebrating the holiday with king cakes. Finding the baby makes you the king or queen of the day and also means you are expected to throw the next king cake party (ah, the pressures of royalty!).

國王蛋糕可以採取不同的形狀並包含decade廢的驚喜，但它以其傳統形式而聞名：一種以圓形冠狀形狀烘烤的甜麵包，並穿著傳統的狂歡節金色，紫色和綠色。國王蛋糕通常還帶有一個隱藏在裡面的小嬰兒小雕像，儘管這種傳統僅在1940年代始於1940年代，幾十年來，新奧爾良的人們開始用國王蛋糕慶祝這個假期。找到嬰兒會讓您成為當今的國王或女王，也意味著您應該舉辦下一個國王蛋糕派對（啊，皇室的壓力！）。

Unlike other traditional holiday foods, king cakes are usually outsourced rather than made at home, and many New Orleanians are loyal to their longtime bakery of choice. Their origin can be traced back to European Christian traditions, but in the Mardi Gras capital, king cakes have taken on a life and significance of their own.

與其他傳統節日食品不同，國王蛋糕通常是外包的，而不是在家中製造，許多新奧爾良人忠於他們長期選擇的麵包店。它們的起源可以追溯到歐洲基督教的傳統，但是在狂歡節首都，國王蛋糕已經擁有了自己的生命和意義。