Carnival season is here, and so are king cakes! This year, we aim to satisfy your sweet tooth with two of our classic cakes, plus a series of limited-edition flavors dreamed up by NOCCA students and faculty. You can also buy them with great coffee from French Truck Coffee! (Click here for info.)
- Louisiana Satsuma & Almond: This stunning king cake combines the tart, tangy taste of homegrown satsumas with sumptuous almond paste. The brioche-style dough is braided, glazed with even more satsuma, and finally dusted with purple, green, and gold edible glitter. Give it as a gift or enjoy it yourself!
- Gluten-Free Cinnamon: Love the taste of a classic New Orleans king cake but can't do gluten? This is the Carnival treat for you! Soft and pillowy inside, with a not-too-sweet cinnamon ribbon and crust, vanilla glaze, and shimmery edible glitter, this is a cake for everyone to enjoy!
- LIMITED-EDITION: Salted Caramel Apple: For our first limited-edition king cake of the 2025 Carnival season, we're wrapping winter spiced apples (think cardamom and clove, not apple pie!) and lightly sweetened cream cheese in a brioche dough, glazing it with salted caramel, and finishing it off with crunchy caramel bits and edible glitter. It's like a whole Carnival parade in a box! Available through January 26, 2025.
Each cake comes with a special bean for you to hide in the cake. Like plastic king cake babies, the bean isn't for eating.
WHERE TO FIND OUR KING CAKES
Nearly every day of the week, you can find our cakes at the King Cake Hub (KingCakeHub.com), located at 1464 South Broad Street (map).
However, you can order your king cake right here and pick it up on the Saturday or Sunday you choose. (You can pick up on January 6, too!) This year, we'll also be shipping cakes on Wednesdays. There's more info about all of this below.
TO ORDER FOR PICKUP
Ordering for pickup is easy:
Step one: Pick the flavor(s) you want.
Step two: Pick the date that you want to pick up your cake(s). Please note, we don't typically make extra cakes, so your cake will only be available on the date you've chosen.
Step three: On the date you've chosen, come to Press Street Station (at the corner of Royal and Homer Plessy Way) from 9am-12pm.
Step four: Enjoy!
Please note: All king cakes are made to order. Cutoff time for orders is 3pm two days before the desired pickup. For example, if you want to pick up a cake on Monday, January 6, you'll need to order it by Saturday, January 4 at 3pm. We strongly encourage you to order early, because we may sell out in advance of the 3pm deadline!
TO ORDER FOR SHIPPING
Every Wednesday of the Carnival season, we'll prepare orders for shipping to anywhere in the continental U.S. We recommend a shorter ship time to ensure freshness.
Please note that we will ship out your order on your chosen date, but once it leaves our hands, we don't have any control over the delivery process. We can't offer refunds for items that arrive late. Sorry!
REFUNDS
Our king cakes are made to order, so we can't offer refunds after the purchasing window has closed. If you'd like a refund, please email us no later than 3pm two days before pickup (e.g. Thursday at 3pm for a Saturday pickup). Our address is marketplace@noccafoundation.org. Cakes that aren't picked up within 48 hours of their scheduled pick-up time will be scrapped.
INGREDIENTS
Louisiana Satsuma & Almond: wheat flour, water, oil, milk, eggs, sugar, yeast, salt, satsuma, almonds, powdered sugar, edible glitter. Contains wheat, milk, eggs, almonds.
Gluten-Free Cinnamon: King Arthur gluten-free flour (cane sugar, whole grain brown rice flour, potato starch, modified tapioca starch, cellulose, baking powder, salt, reduced iron, thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2)], natural flavor, xanthan gum, nutmeg), canola oil, milk, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon, powdered sugar, vanilla, edible glitter. Contains milk, eggs.
Salted Caramel Apple: wheat flour, water, oil, milk, eggs, sugar, yeast, salt, apples, spices, cornstarch, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, butter, cream, caramel crispy bits. (Crispearls™ are tiny pearls featuring a crispy heart of toasted biscuit covered in delicious Callebaut milk chocolate with a dash of pure caramel). Contains: wheat, milk, eggs.
ONE OTHER THING
Proceeds from king cake sales support NOCCA's Culinary Arts department and Louisiana's next generation of chefs. This one-of-a-kind fundraising program is overseen by the NOCCA Foundation, NOCCA's nonprofit partner. Thanks for your support!
