Following our initial tasting of the Galette des Rois on Wendesday, we finished it off today. Monique found the fêve hidden in her slice and wins the honor of Queen for a Day. She also gets to boss me around for 24 hours.
The Fêve
I wanna be King next year!
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After New Year’s Day, Kings’ cake is a big tradition here. We hustled down to Le Fournil de Mouffetard to buy one.
The cake is made with buttery puff pastry and frangipane (almond paste) and doesn’t disappoint. Inside the bag is the cake and a cardboard crown. The crown is to be awarded to the person who finds the fêve (trinket) that has been slipped into the confection.
The cakes that I saw in the supermarket had all collapsed. The one that I purchased at the boulangerie held its shape. Its crust had a beautiful brown color.
The almond filling was moist and not overly sweet as some of the fillings that we have tasted. It didn’t take too long to finish off the slice that we had each cut for ourselves.
We didn’t find the fêve, but only ate half the cake. We’ll surely find it tomorrow! Who will wear the crown?
Le Fournil de Mouffetard
123, rue Mouffetard
75005 Paris
Tel.: 01.47.35.07.96
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Galette des Rois
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Fève
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To celebrate Epiphany, which fell on the 6th of January, we purchased a galette des Rois (Kings’ cake) from Morange, a bakery in our neighborhood.
The cake, which cost 8€, measured about 6” in diameter and had crispy puff-pastry layers filled with dense, semi-sweet frangipane.
The surprise came when I found a fève (a porcelain charm in the shape of a duck) hidden in my portion of the cake. According to tradition, the person whose slice contains the fève is King for the day. I briefly wore the paper crown, whose circumference, however, was not large enough to fit my big head!
Boulangerie Morange
123, rue Mouffetard
75005 Paris
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