Lisa White's King Cake Recipe | Explore Louisiana

Ingredients

• 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange zest, divided
• 1 cup warm whole milk (about 95 degrees)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons dry yeast
• 3 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, divided, plus more for kneading
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 5 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 3/4 cups salted caramel sauce, divided
• 3 fresh bananas sliced diagonally
• Mascarpone filling (recipe follows)
• 3/4 cup toasted pecans Praline Glaze (recipe follows)
• 2 to 3 sheets edible gold leaf