King’s Cake / Twelfth Night Cake / Galette des Rois

The Epiphany, which falls on January 6 or the 12^th day after Christmas, is a Christian feast. On that day, to celebrate the visitation of the Magi (also called The Three Wise Men or Three Kings) to the Baby Jesus people eat the traditional King’s Cake. The lucky person who gets the slice of pie containing the trinket which has been hidden in is crowned King or Queen.  In Lyons, where I am from, the traditional King’s Cake is a puff pastry with frangipani filling.

Lucky charm – A Queen figurine