Mardi Gras King Cake - Recipe | Ginsberg's Foods

Ingredients

• 8 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 3/4 cup milk, lukewarm
• 2 large eggs + 1 large egg yolk, white reserved, at room temperature
• 3 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup Baker’s Special Dry Milk or nonfat dry milk
• 1 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 tsp instant yeast
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/8 tsp Fiori di Sicilia or lemon oil, or 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• one 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 Tbsp King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
• 1 large egg, at room temperature, lightly beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/8 teaspoon Fiori di Sicilia, or lemon oil
• 2 cups confectioners’sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 to 3 Tbsp milk, enough to make a thick but pourable glaze
• yellow, purple, and green fine sparkling sugars
• candied red cherries, optional