Mini King Cakes Class Recipe

Check for allergies first. Children wash their hands, unroll and shape the rings, stir the icing and add stripes of purple, green and yellow sugar. Only adults use the oven, hot trays and sharp tools, and no one tastes the raw dough.

Two pages. Part 1 lists the ingredients and equipment and the first four steps, and the recipe makes 8 mini cakes. Part 2 has eight numbered steps for shaping rings, baking, cooling, icing and adding colored sugar, then a safety and allergies box. The recipe contains wheat and milk, and nothing is hidden inside the cakes.

Yes. We made it for Kindergarten to 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

4 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 18 Mardi Gras resources in all, from Preschool to 5th Grade, gathered on our Mardi Gras activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for Kindergarten to 5th Grade students, roughly ages 5-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a Kindergarten to 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.