A California-Inspired King Cake Recipe - California Prunes

Ingredients

• 1 ¼- oz package active dry yeast
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ cup whole milk
• 2 TBSP light brown sugar
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tsp orange blossom water
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
• 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
• ¾ tsp kosher salt
• 8 TBSP unsalted butter (softened)
• 1 8- oz cream cheese
• 1 cup California prune puree
• ½ cup packed dark brown sugar
• 2 TBSP cane syrup (or substitute with maple syrup)
• 1 TBSP ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1 orange (zested)
• ¾ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 cup whipping cream
• ⅓ cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 8- oz mascarpone cheese
• green, purple, and gold/yellow sanding sugars for garnish