Our Christmas Tradition - The King's Cake

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Christmas had always been a magical time for me. I love prepping gifts, seeing Santa (Yes, I still do!), telling stories, tracking Santa on my iPhone app and chasing my kids to bed! Being a non-Christian family, I have never celebrated Christmas in the traditional way. I don't go Christmas mass and I do not have a Christmas tree. I do exchange gifts, visit Orchard Road for the lights and eat Christmas dinner!

 

 

We moved out on our own when my firstborn was 2. Hubby then started a Christmas tradition just for our family :) When he first wanted to buy the  King's Cake or the Galette des Rios, I went along for curiosity's sake. It was a pie (rather) made with buttery puff pastry filled with sweet almond frangipane. Not too sweet, it was a great after dinner dessert as it wasn't too filling. What made it unique is that there is a toy hidden somewhere in the cake! And whoever who found that toy will be "king" for the day! Most importantly is not to accidentally reveal where the toy is when cutting it! Luckily hubby always has the honors for this :P
 

 

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A more detailed story of the history of the cake can be found here.

 

 

We bought our cake from Bakerzin. And we bought from there yearly thereafter, creating our own form of Christmas tradition! The kids love to eat and try to get the toy. Whoever gets the toy is "king" or "queen" for the day! Comes complete with a crown, the cake was a success!

 

 

 

 

 

Photos above from Bakerzin's website

 

 

So what does being "king" entails? Well, the other siblings will have to listen to him or her for the day. Parents? Well, we have immunity otherwise I will have a riot on hand! To make the agony short for the kiddos who did not get the toy, we usually have this cake as a dessert after an early dinner, making the "King's hours only a few hours long :)

 

As Christmas rolled around last year, we went to make our yearly purchase at Bakerzin. Imagine our shock when we couldn't find the cake on their Christmas menu! Undeterred, we even asked the manager for confirmation but to our horror, they are not making it! Desperate, we took to the internet in the hope of finding another bakery but there was none! Imagine the kiddos' reactions when we had to tell them that there wouldn't be this cake this year! That was definitely a lesson learnt!

 

Come around to Christmas now. Hubby is not taking any chances and we checked out Bakerzin again and were so pleasantly surprised when they have the cake back! We immediately placed our order and we are definitely relieved and grateful to have the cake back on their menu!

 

It may just be something small but being a sucker for Christmas and its magic, I am so grateful that hubby started (and maintained) this tradition for so many years! It is a simple tradition but it is OUR family tradition!

 

To celebrate Christmas, Bakerzin had generously offered all HSBC, DBS & POSB credit card holders a 15% discount if you place an order online! The discount will be shown upon checkout. Bakerzin will only be taking online orders till Thursday, 22 Dec 2016, 2pm. There is still time to place orders for their Christmas goodies!

 

So visit their website at https://www.bakerzin.com/eshops/ to get your cake or Christmas treats!

 

Do you have any Christmas family traditions? Share them in the comments and maybe we can adopt more traditions!

 

Have a blessed Christmas!