The votes have been coming in, and our NOLA.com king cake bracket is down to two contenders: Ayu Bakehouse and Loretta's Authentic Pralines. They’re the finalists as determined by you ...

Until Mardi Gras, we're sampling far and wide around the king cake realm. Here's today's cake: I tried a slice of Ayu Bakehouse’s Chocolate Babka King Cake last Carnival season, and the ...

Every day from now until Mardi Gras, we’re featuring a different king cake during Good Morning New Orleans. Donald Trump Gives DOGE Update as Elon Musk Says He'll Step Down in May ABC Renewal ...

We had over 320,000 votes cast in this online king cake bracket through nola.com. The winner was a place called Ayu Bakehouse. The Ayu Bakehouse cake is special. It manages to balance the ...

Be warned that Ayu Bakehouse’s pastry case can be a complete distraction from king cakes, with crave-inducing cookies and eye-popping egg sandwiches. The Croissant City Classic King Cake is ...

even before they had settled on their own recipe for Ayu Bakehouse. They opened this spot in the Marigny neighborhood in 2022, just after Matt Haines’ The Big Book of King Cake was published.

For bakeries in New Orleans, the first few months of the year are among the busiest. As the rest of the country stares down the barrel of January, sobered by New Year’s resolutions, the city is ...

But, bringing your favorite slice of king cake with you on your flight back is not as difficult as it seems. Whether you can’t get enough of it yourself, or you need to bring evidence of the ...

As soon as Mardi Gras starts hitting the shelves in Louisiana, everyone's favorite annual debate starts picking up steam — who makes your favorite king cake? It's a complex, many-layered ...

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