All of Roth's cakes are three layers and are elaborately iced and decorated. The icing, by the way, also is made from scratch. "The baking is what got me into it, but the decorating is when I ...

I had to be at my office for the afternoon, but even that worked out because my girls worked together while I was gone to prepare one of life's loveliest pleasures — a homemade cake, just for me.

To uncover the story behind king cake, we turned to some experts: food podcaster Poppy Tooker of “Louisiana Eats ... their king cakes with Mardi Gras decorations. Essentially, it tastes ...