新奥尔良的国王蛋糕传统可以追溯到欧洲基督教习俗

新奥尔良市的独特历史和当地文化，著名的烹饪场景和象征性喧闹的庆祝活动（最著名的是狂欢节），在整个狂欢节季节都庆祝，在整个狂欢节季节都尤为强烈，并且在星期二（基督教徒开始前一天）在几周（基督教徒开始前的第二天）变得特别激烈。新奥尔良提供了许多烹饪传统，可以参加全年参加，从享用法国区的甜菜和奇异咖啡到在城市的传奇鬼餐厅用餐

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).

新奥尔良市的独特历史和当地文化，著名的烹饪场景和象征性喧闹的庆祝活动（最著名的是狂欢节），在整个狂欢节季节都庆祝，在整个狂欢节季节都尤为强烈，并且在星期二（基督教徒开始前一天）在几周（基督教徒开始前的第二天）变得特别激烈。

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.

新奥尔良提供了许多烹饪传统，可以全年参加，从享用法国区的甜菜和奇异咖啡到在城市传奇的闹鬼餐厅用餐，但是如果您在狂欢节期间访问，有一件五颜六色的甜点，您将无法逃脱：国王蛋糕。

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!).

国王蛋糕可以采取不同的形状并包含decade废的惊喜，但它以其传统形式而闻名：一种以圆形冠状形状烘烤的甜面包，并穿着传统的狂欢节金色，紫色和绿色。国王蛋糕通常还带有一个隐藏在里面的小婴儿小雕像，尽管这种传统仅在1940年代始于1940年代，几十年来，新奥尔良的人们开始用国王蛋糕庆祝这个假期。找到婴儿会让您成为当今的国王或女王，也意味着您应该举办下一个国王蛋糕派对（啊，皇室的压力！）。

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.

与其他传统节日食品不同，国王蛋糕通常是外包的，而不是在家中制造，许多新奥尔良人忠于他们长期选择的面包店。它们的起源可以追溯到欧洲基督教的传统，但是在狂欢节首都，国王蛋糕已经拥有了自己的生命和意义。