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King Cake Bread Pudding

By: mybigfathappylife

A delicious dessert to help celebrate Mardi Gras – King Cake Bread Pudding!

The perfect Mardi Gras dessert: King Cake Bread Pudding!

There is a restaurant in Baton Rouge that we used to frequent quite often and one of our favorite dishes is their King Cake Bread Pudding served only before Mardi Gras.  I have been known to have my husband stop and pick up the dessert several so that we can enjoy it.

The perfect Mardi Gras dessert: King Cake Bread Pudding!

However, over the years the slices have gotten smaller and the price has gone up and with us having moved to Texas, we do not get to indulge in our favorite dessert.  It was time for me to try and recreate this super yummy Mardi Gras favorite!

 

King Cake Bread Pudding
A delicious twist on the traditional bread pudding for Mardi Gras.
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Prep Time
15 min
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
Prep Time
15 min
Total Time
1 hr 25 min
For the Bread Pudding
  1. 16 pieces of bread, cubed (toasted)
  2. 6 eggs
  3. 1/2 Tbsp vanilla
  4. 1 1/2 cups sugar
  5. 4 cups milk
For Cinnamon Mixture
  1. 1/2 cup butter
  2. 1 cup brown sugar
  3. 2 Tbsp cinnamon
For Icing
  1. 2 Tbsp butter
  2. 4 oz. cream cheese
  3. 1 cup powdered sugar
  4. 2-4 Tbsp milk
  5. colored sugars/sprinkles
For Bread Pudding
  1. Whisk eggs, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Add in milk.
  2. Add cubed bread and combine until bread coated.
For Cinnamon Mixture
  1. Melt butter and mix with brown sugar and cinnamon.
  2. Spread half of bread into 9x13 pan and spread cinnamon mixture over the bread. Add second layer of bread.
  3. Bake for 60-70 minutes at 350 degrees.
For Icing
  1. Combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk until smooth.
  2. Top bread pudding with icing and colored sugars/sprinkles.
Notes
  1. I doubled the icing recipe.
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Comments

  1. Erin says

    Yummy! Pinning this one! I live in KingCake World down here near NOLA so yummy and tempting, but this is a great twist and fun addition!

    • mybigfathappylife says

      All the king cakes are so yummy! I really need to go get a strawberry cream cheese one before Mardi Gras 🙂

  2. Natalie says

    My grandma used to make bread pudding for us, but it didn’t look ANYTHING like this. This looks like it’s one step away from heaven. I can’t wait to give it a try. ~Thanks for sharing!!

  3. Kim says

    Bread pudding is my absolute favorite dessert, but I have never heard of the Big King version. I need to do a bit of research.

    • mybigfathappylife says

      King Cake is traditional for Mardi Gras. It’s made of a cinnamon filled dough in the shape of a hollow circle with a glazed topping and sprinkled with colored sugar. This bread pudding is just a combination of the two! Thanks for stopping by.

  4. Louida says

    This sounds very good. I never had it before but whenever I go back to New Orleans I’ll need to try it out. Thanks for the recipe Paris!

  6. Alli says

    Yum! Your bread pudding looks so good! I’m going to try this one! A few days ago my husband and I were talking about several restaurants we frequent where the servings are now smaller and the prices are higher.

    • mybigfathappylife says

      King cake is the best! I need to get a strawberry cream cheese one before Mardi Gras – yum!

  9. Apryl says

    OMGoodness! Total decadence! It looks so yummy as I adore both bread pudding and King cake! i will definitely be pinning this for later! xx

  10. Marsha says

    I used to live just outside of NOLA and every year I’d have to go buy a King Cake. Now, I’m in east Texas and I make it myself. This pudding looks divine! I will definitely be making it for our Mardi Gras celebration!

  12. Stephanie @ Sustaining the Powers says

    I love both king cake and bread pudding!! I am so excited that I have just enough time to make this for Mardi Gras tomorrow! I’ll be featuring it at the Retro Re-pin Party on Sustaining the Powers tomorrow at 8pm ET. I hope you’ll stop by and link up with us again!

  14. Robin says

    Oh my! This looks amazing! I’m from New Orleans, but live in the New England now. I may have to make this for the big day next week. Thanks so much for posting this!

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