Mardi Gras Feb. Fourteen 2026

Lizzie00 · Feb 8, 2026

My small town has a Mardi Gras Dog Parade every year…..wayyyy cute ! ! !

RadishRose · Monday at 6:43 AM

Lizzie00 said:
My small town has a Mardi Gras Dog Parade every year…..wayyyy cute ! ! !View attachment 484978 View attachment 484980 View attachment 484981 View attachment 484982 View attachment 484983

I love this!!

Imogene · Thursday at 3:03 AM

debodun said:
When I worked in the lab, that was a fellow that had connections to New Orleans. Around this time, he would bring in huge king cake. It seemed the same guy always found the baby in it. There were also assorted Mardi Gras necklaces. I still have some of them.

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I was beginning to worry, nobody would post the King Cake. Yummmmmm!

Years ago, I had ordered one from a baker in New Orleans for husband’s work get together. I told him if he ended up with the baby that he needed too bring it home. I still have it……

PeppermintPatty · Thursday at 9:41 AM

What’s with the babies? What are they supposed to represent?

Sunkist · Thursday at 10:03 AM

PeppermintPatty said:
What’s with the babies? What are they supposed to represent?

From what I heard years ago, the person who gets the slice of cake that has the baby in it is supposed to buy the next cake.

Sunkist · Thursday at 10:04 AM

Imogene said:
I was beginning to worry, nobody would post the King Cake. Yummmmmm!

Years ago, I had ordered one from a baker in New Orleans for husband’s work get together. I told him if he ended up with the baby that he needed too bring it home. I still have it……

I thought the King cakes tasted flat-out awful.. but I bought them a few times because my kids liked them.

PeppermintPatty · Thursday at 10:05 AM

Sunkist said:
From what I heard years ago, the person who gets the slice of cake that has the baby in it is supposed to buy the next cake.

So getting the baby is a curse. Lol

debodun · Thursday at 11:14 AM

Years ago, I bought a king cake at the grocery, but there wasn't a baby in it. Likely the store didn't want a lawsuit because somebody, unfamiliar with the custom, swallowed or choked on it.

Imogene · Thursday at 12:36 PM

I can never explain anything as good as somewhere online lol

Here is southern living explanation of the baby in a king cake. Which I think it depends who makes the King cake as to whether or not it is any good. I had ordered mine from a bakery down in Louisiana and it was delicious. But then I never met a piece of sugar. I didn’t like.

”Why Is There A Baby Inside King Cake?
There are two theories. Some think the plastic baby is symbolic of Baby Jesus because of the religious connection to King's Day. Others, however, believe the popular New Orleans lore, which suggests that an elaborate cake was served with a bean or ring placed inside during the commemoration of the king's ball in colonial Louisiana. Whoever found the bean or trinket in their slice of cake would be crowned the king or queen of the balls, leading up to the lavish finale on Mardi Gras.

In the 1940s, babies became a staple in the cakes when bakery owner Donald Entringer began placing porcelain varieties in the cakes until plastic ones became more widely available. Rather than a bean or expensive ring, the plastic effigy is mostly used today as an emblem of good luck. Nowadays, many bakeries place the baby in the center of the cake instead of baking it inside to avoid putting plastic in food, and the purchaser is tasked with putting it in the cake before serving. The lucky individual who scores the piece of king cake with the baby inside is said to gain favor, but they're also tasked with hosting duties and bringing their own king cake for the next party to keep the revelry going.”

The King Cake Has Been A Mardi Gras Tradition For Centuries—Here’s Why