The dessert
that we recommend you to celebrate the Epiphany is the King cake, also called
kingcake, kings’ cake or three kings cake.
It's a
sweet bun, in the shape of a hollow circle, made with colourful candied fruit
that you can find not stuffed or with cream, truffle or chocolate.
It is a
tradition in many countries to eat it as a dessert or afternoon snack on January
6th, closing the last of the Christmas celebrations, despite not
having a religious origin.
It seems
that this cake was already prepared for the Roman Saturnalia (in the second
century BC), dedicated to the god Saturn (god of agriculture and harvest), when
it was celebrated that the days began to grow longer, after the winter
solstice.
Since then a
dry bean is hidden into the cake and subsequently it is also included a small
figure. In its beginnings who receives the dry bean in his/her portion of bun was
named king of kings for the day, but with the introduction of the figurine and
to date, who receives the bean will be the one to pay the cake and who receives
the figurine will be the king of kings that day.
Who will be
King of Kings this year?
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