Best King Cakes...

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Yvette wrote:I saw her ad in the paper, and it said she was in River Ridge.

BTW, I don't blame her one bit....he had the mistress working in the store with her, in front of her face.
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Rex Spook wrote:Pics ?
Not anything special. Looks somewhat similiar to Diane if my memory is correct.
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I like all the Randazzos king cakes the best and now I have one by my home and by work. They have a new one called Diane Randazzos in elmwood and they have another one at Sals snowball in metairie. I had one the other day and their :)wonderful and the filings like praline are made from real pralines... you can see them in the cake it's awesome.
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Randazzo's has a praline filled kingcake? WooWOO! (lol, that's the last thing I needed to know, sigh....)
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Had Randazzo's ex-wife's(?) king cake the other night. Meh. Nothing special.

Original Randazzo's is better. She should have taken the time to copy the recipe.:D

I do like Haydel's cream cheese KC also. Maybe it's mental but the cream cheese seems to cut some of the sweetness.
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flyinbayou wrote:Had Randazzo's ex-wife's(?) king cake the other night. Meh. Nothing special.

Original Randazzo's is better. She should have taken the time to copy the recipe.:D
Really, that is interesting. I have not had her's yet.
I thought I read, she did have the original recipe.

I am trying to behave, getting in shape for my ski trip, don't need the extra calories. I'll wait till right before the season ends.

I do the same with snoballs. I wait till they are about to close before I get one. Ya know that thing about betcha can't eat just one. If I started on king cakes now, I'd be buying one a day.
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Yvette wrote:Really, that is interesting. I have not had her's yet.
I thought I read, she did have the original recipe.
That's what I thought, too. I had a piece of Manny's yesterday and about went into diabetic shock. Damn, that's a lot of sugar.
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Sam's on Airline is selling some from a place located in Harahan. many varieties to choose from. didn't try the sample though, so can't say if they're good.

I still like my Haydel's.
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I never have been a fan of king cakes. Tons of sugar to no good purpose, IMHO. The only kind I have cared for were the simple ones Maurice's used to do with the almond paste. I assume he still makes those, but I am not intrigued by them enough to find out.

Re: the Randazzo story, sad that it came to that. Maybe someone should create the Mistress Cake. Whoever finds the figurine of the cheap tart from Metry pays the divorce settlement.
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Had a bite of Dianne Randazzo's praline king cake a couple of weeks ago. I thought it tasted just like the Randazzo's on N. Hullen. Lord knows I had enough of those in my day, I used to work across the parking lot from their store :( That said, I don't need to spend that kind of money on a pile of sugared cinnamon dough.
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