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King Cake Delivery: Traditional Treats to Order Online for Mardi Gras 2025
Published on Jan. 17, 2025
Ahh, Mardi Gras. While technically a season of celebration, there’s one day of revelry that rivals all others: Fat Tuesday. This year’s party falls on March 4, and we’re already eager to start eating! After all, there are so many delicious treats to enjoy, including paczki, jambalaya and beignets.
None, however, takes the cake quite so literally as king cake. Here’s what you need to know about ordering this treat for Mardi Gras 2025.
What is king cake?
If you’ve never had a slice of tender king cake, you’re missing out. This sweet bread is traditionally made with yeasted dough and laced with cinnamon, then topped with icing and colorful sprinkles in hues of green, yellow and purple. Some king cakes also have a richer filling, like cream cheese or nuts.
Tucked somewhere inside the loaf is a small, plastic baby. Whoever finds the baby in their slice is named king or queen for the day. But with great power comes great responsibility: The new royal is now tasked with buying or making next year’s king cake!
King Cake Delivery for Mardi Gras 2025
If you’re looking to start a king cake tradition with family and friends—or you found the baby in 2024—we found three of the best New Orleans-based bakeries to order a king cake from.
Gambino's Bakery King Cake
Serving size: 15-18 per cake | Cost: $82.95, optional flavor upgrades $5-$10 per cake and optional $7 party pack upgrade
You get not one but two king cakes in this choose-your-own pack from Gambino’s Bakery. Opt for a traditional cinnamon cake, or upgrade to cream cheese, praline, strawberry, praline cream cheese or strawberry cream cheese flavors for an additional fee. Each cake comes undecorated—AKA, you need to spread the fondant icing and top with colored sugar before enjoying. The kit includes a poster and brochure, but you can also add a bead and doubloon party pack for a bigger celebration.
Caluda's Traditional King Cake Kit
Serving size: 12-15 | Cost: $52.95
This king cake kit from Caluda’s has everything you need to get the party started. You’ll unwrap a hefty DIY cinnamon king cake loaf (clocking in at over two pounds!), icing and three packs of colored sugar. Fun additions, like Mardi Gras beads and a souvenir cup, come included with your order.
Haydel's Bakery Traditional King Cake
Serving size: 30-35 | Cost: $69.95, optional $6 party pack upgrade
For an extra-large king cake to serve a crowd, look no further than this giant from Haydel’s Bakery. Baked with a traditional cinnamon swirl, this 16-inch by 12-inch rectangular cake has everything you need to share with an office or a party. Each order includes a history scroll and porcelain collectible (while supplies last). And, for more fun, you can add on a party pack with coffee, beads and doubloons.
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Most orders ship within a day or two (except for select seasonal items, like the PieCaken), and it’s very easy to customize your delivery at checkout. Our boxes have shown up fresh and on time. And, to date, there’s only one item (a Christmas cookie we felt was very overpriced) that did not meet our high standards.
