New Orleans, Louisiana – Mardi Gras is here, which means now is the time to devour its traditional treat - king cake! But what exactly is king cake anyway, and why is there a "baby" inside? King cake ...

Then, someone excitedly waved around a tiny plastic baby plucked from their slice. Even though I didn’t have any previous knowledge of King Cake or its history, I could tell there was something ...

At a king cake party, the cake still contains a traditional trinket—usually a small baby, which some say represents the baby Jesus. There is another, more entertaining theory that a local bakery ...

IT’S GOT THE BABY IN IT. IT’S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, HUNT AND SEARCH FOR THE BABY. BABY AND THE KING CAKE. IT’S REALLY FUN. I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I SHOULD PROBABLY COVER ALL MY ...

Even the baby inside is made out of chocolate. A miniature chocolate king cake with baby doll from Bittersweet Confections. (Photo by Chris Granger | The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans ...

Andrew was also unaware of the "surprise" inside King cakes. "Did you get the baby?" I asked "Wait. There's a baby in this cake?" replied Andrew. "There's a little plastic baby that's hidden in ...