It’s a Swiss tradition. On the 6th of January we celebrate the Three King’s Day by having “Königskuchen” – King’s Cake. It’s a Cake made out of sweet bread dough buns and decorated with almonds and sugar. Hidden in one of the buns is a little king figurine the person that finds it it there bun becomes king for the day.
Of course our three kids couldn’t wait to find out who was to become king or queen…
…and the king is our eldest.
(his little brother didn’t mind to much as he was king at kindergarten and our youngest said she preferred to be princess anyway)
We bought our cake from our local bakery but if you want to give it a go here’s the recipe.
Dough
60g butter
500g flour
1 tsp salt
100g sugar
20g yeast
2.5dl milk
(if you like you can add a handful of currants or bits of chocolate)
Decor
a figurine (or as they do in some places a bean ,an almond or a coin)
1 egg
a handful of almond slivers
a handful of coarse sugar
I think more days should be celebrated with cake! What a lovely tradition.
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It’s a common tradition. In Mexico we celebrate it as well, though the person that finds the baby inside the cake is not king for a day but has to host the next get together.
I guess we just want to keep seeing each other.
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That’s a fun tradition too.
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That’s so sweet ! The son of a friend of ours came home from school today with a little sheep. So maybe in the Valais, or the Val d’Hérens, where things are a little more rustic, shall we say, they have a different celebration called “Sheep day” !
(Of course in the UK, those figures would be deemed a choking hazard !)
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Sheep Day, Kings Day…whatever the tradition, I think it’s nice that they exist. 🙂
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Nice tradition 🙂
Also, the photos are really cute and lovely!
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How beautiful! Love the cake and the photos of the sweet little hands!
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Happy Three King’s Day to you.
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Delightful! I love this kind of traditional fare when it comes to food 🙂
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Beautiful photos and the recipe seems so easy!!
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I enjoyed reading about this Swiss tradition. It sounds like so much fun.
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This looks incredible! Can’t wait to try it.
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My birthday is on the 3 Kings, so I always like to hear about traditions for that day. The cake sounds good, will have to try it
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In that case a late “Happy Birthday!”
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Hiding a king for someone to find it sounds like a creative and fun idea.
The buns look delicious, I can’t wait to try the recipe! 🙂
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We like these too – for us it’s more of a Mardi Gras celebration, so people purchase the same kind of cake, but it is very colorful and like Josh shared – it’s a baby that they find. Always yummy!
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It’s great fun hearing about all these traditions! Thanks for sharing!
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Same tradition in Spain. I love the cake 🙂
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We used to have King Cake during Mardi Gras when I lived in Mississippi. Whoever discovered the baby had to supply the next cake or the next Mardi Gras party.
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