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 ...

I tried a slice of Ayu Bakehouse’s Chocolate Babka King Cake last Carnival season, and the lusciously dense, layered cake instantly took me back to my early adult days living in New York City.

King Cake of the Day: Ayu Bakehouse. Posted: February 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025. Every day from now until Mardi Gras, we’re featuring a different king cake during Good Morning New ...

Ayu Bakehouse opened on Frenchmen Street in 2022 and almost instantly achieved a near-impossibility in New Orleans: Its out-of-town owners created a must-get king cake. Why it matters: This city ...

And the bracket was a runaway success. 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.

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 ...

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Every day from now until Mardi Gras, we’re featuring a different king cake during Good Morning New Orleans.

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 ...

Ayu Bakehouse, 801 Frenchmen St. ... The Queen Bee the limited-edition king cake is a golden crown of laminated dough filled with pillows of burnt honey cream and ribbons of candied local citrus.