Simple King Cake

There isn't anything like a good king cake to kick off a non-stop party like Mardi Gras. This year I decided to try my hands on making a simple one. The original one is make a nice yeast risen dough. Definitely quite an airy and tasty treat.

This cake is made of:

3 cans of Grands Cinnamon Buns with the icing

purple crystal sugar

gold crystal sugar

green crystal sugar

1 jars raspberry preserves

1 1/2 cream cheese blocks (8oz each) -- room temperature

Mix the preserves and cream cheese together until smooth. Place the mix into the fridge for 30 minutes to harden.

Make each can of buns into one roll and open to spread the cream cheese mix into it. Roll up the buns and attach each end to the other big rolls making a large ring. 

Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes. The rolls will be a golden to darker golden brown color. Let it cool completely before icing it and decorating with the colored crystal sugars.

It can easily serve 12.

Enjoy!