The King Cake from Maison Kayser
Despite the fact Epiphany passed (it was on January 6th), Maison Kayer still has their delectable king cake at their bakeries in New York City until Sunday, February 2nd. (This pastry does go by other French names galette des rois, gâteau du rois, and others.)
As some of you are aware, I’m not a stranger to Maison Kayser, even when I ate my way through Paris before the bakery came here stateside and back then I was enamored by the fine quality of their breads. When they finally came to New York City and opening more locations, I started to like their pastries very much. That being said, their king cake should be delicious.
And my assumption is not wrong. Their king cake is traditional in the best way ($28 for the large cake and comes with the crown, seen above). It contains layers of golden brown, dense yet flaky puff pastry with a dense filling of frangipane. It’s not too sweet as the almond-y frangipane filling is the primary source of sweetener. Despite of its relatively thick appearance of the pastry shell, it’s quite delicate that it shatters at the pressure of the knife or fork.
Get this cake while you can! The bakery also sell individual sized versions of this cake for $6.95 and ones filled with apple compote. To sweeten up the deal, those of you who are Facebook users can enter their contest to win a trip to Paris for two (details at Maison Kayser USA’s Facebook page).
Information:
Maison Kayser
Website
Locations:
Upper East Side
1294 3rd Ave (at 74th Street)
New York, NY
(212) 744-3100
Flatiron District
921 Broadway (at 22nd Street)
New York, NY
(212) 979-1600
Columbus Circle
1800 Broadway (at 58th Street)
New York, NY
(212) 245-4100
Bryant Park
8 West 40th (between 5th & 6th Avenue)
New York, NY
(212) 354-2300
