Mardi Gras King Cake - Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups pecans, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon, ground
• 4 Tbsp Prairie Farms unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup Prairie Farms whole milk (plus 1 Tbsp)
• 1 package dry active yeast, .25oz
• 1 tsp sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 3 large egg yolks
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup Prairie Farms unsalted butter
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tsp almond extract
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 Tbsp Prairie Farms unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• sugar crystals, purple, green, gold