King Cake Recipe | Valerie Bertinelli | Food Network

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/4 cup water
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra bench flour
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• Two 1/4-ounce packets active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest (1 orange)
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons canola oil
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 small plastic baby (for hiding in the cake) or 1 whole pecan
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3 tablespoons whole milk
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1/4 cup yellow sanding sugar
• 1/4 cup green sanding sugar
• 1/4 cup purple sanding sugar