Mardi Gras King's Cakes

What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than with delicious, mini King Cakes! Each guest will enjoy their own version of this traditional, festive dessert.

Try this recipe from Emeril Lagasse from Food Network.

These are english muffin rings - find them at Sur la table.

Serve the completed cakes with gold paper crowns, lots of beads and a mask or two! Enjoy!

Mardi Gras Dinner Party

Despite a day's delay because of snow, we had a wonderful dinner party to celebrate Mardi Gras! The color scheme was purple, green and gold with lots of masks, beads and harlequin diamonds. We enjoyed a variety of Lousiana favorites including dirty rice, hush puppies, gumbo and King's cake.

Mardi Gras Dinner Party invites

Mardi Gras is this Tuesday and I'm excited to be celebrating the evening with a dinner party for some close friends. I sent invitations with a taste of the colors and icons of the festival. I wanted to include masks but was worried about them getting crushed in the mail - searching the shelves at Staples, I found the perfect thing ... video cassette mailing boxes. They are the perfect height for the mask and a nice size for an invitation. Each box included a card with party details and mask attached, a strand of mardi gras beads and a few themed tatoos.