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 ...

Today, you’re likely to find a plastic baby in your cake, but since tiny dolls weren’t always widely available, coins and beans have made appearances inside the cakes as well. In the 1940s ...

King cakes in New Orleans were once uniform and simple—a ring of braided, lightly sweet brioche topped with purple, green, and gold sugar. Instead of a bean, tiny baby dolls—made of china at f ...