TORTELL DE REIS

KING CAKE

What is the King Cake?• It is a cercle or oval shape cake.

• It’s made of brioche mass.

• It’s decorated with sweet fruits.

• You also can find a crown and some sweets in the hole of the cake.

Tradition of the King Cake

• The Tortell de Reis is traditional in Catalonia on Epiphany Day (6th of January). We have a meal with our family.

• In the cake there are some figures and the bean. One of the figures is a King another a bean.

• The tradition tells: If you find the figure of the King, the paper crown is yours. If you find the bean, the next year you must pay the cake.

The figure:

The bean:

Ingredients:

First part of the mass:• Compressed Leavening.• Water.• Flour.

Second part of the mass:• Sugar.• Fat.• Flour.• Salt.• An egg.• Lemon peel.• Water.

Stuffed (Ingredients)

• Cream: egg white, milk and sugar.• Catalan Cream: vanilla cane, yolk, an egg,

sugar, flour and milk.• Spaghetti squash: pumpkin, cinnamon stick,

sugar and lemon peel. • Marzipan: almond powder, sugar and water.