This easy pull apart King Cake is made with biscuit dough, a sweet cinnamon and sugar mix, and colorful icing. It’s like monkey bread meats Mardi Gras.

To celebrate Mardi Gras, this biscuit dough King Cake will be a treat everyone will love. You only need a few ingredients to make the cake and it’ll be a fun addition to your celebration.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

KID FRIENDLY – This is one Mardi Gras dessert the kids will love and can help you with. Let the kids help you make the dessert to celebrate.
EASY – This Mardi Gras King Cake pull apart bread is super easy to make thanks to a few shortcuts.
INEXPENSIVE – It’s an affordable cake that you can make to celebrate the holiday. Only a few common ingredients are needed.

Ingredients & Notes

Biscuit Dough – This is the secret to making it a quick and easy cake to put together.
Cinnamon & Sugar Mixture – The sweet cinnamon and sugar mixture paired with a brown sugar and butter sauce is AMAZING!
Sprinkles – Use purple, green, and gold sprinkles to decorate the monkey bread King Cake.

Be sure to check out the full recipe and ingredient list below

How To Make Monkey Bread King Cake

See below for a full list of ingredients and detailed instructions.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a Bundt cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Separate the biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a gallon sized bag. Place half the biscuit pieces in the bag and shake until they’re fully coated.

Arrange the pieces in the prepared pan, then repeat the process with the remaining biscuit pieces.
Whisk together the butter and brown sugar in a bowl until well combined and pour the mixture over the top of the biscuit pieces.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the biscuits are no longer doughy.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then flip the pan over onto a serving tray and allow to cool for another 10 minutes.

Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract until smooth.
Pour the mixture over the top of the bread, then decorate with the purple, green, and gold sprinkles. Serve warm.

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Pull Apart King Cake

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Course Dessert

Servings people

Calories 255 kcal

Ingredients

2 8 count cans of biscuit dough
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Purple, green, and gold sugar sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease aBundt cake pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Separate the biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a gallon sized bag. Place half the biscuit pieces in the bag and shake until they’re fully coated. Arrange the pieces in the prepared pan, then repeat the process with the remaining biscuit pieces.
Whisk together the butter and brown sugar until well combined and pour the mixture over the top of the biscuit pieces.
Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the biscuits are no longer doughy.
Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then flip the pan over onto a serving tray and allow to cool for another 10 minutes.
Whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract until smooth. Pour the mixture over the top of the bread, then decorate with the purple, green, and gold sprinkles. Serve warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 255kcalCarbohydrates: 44gProtein: 0.3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 11mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 291IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 0.2mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and any changes you make to the recipe. For best results, calculate these on your own.

Keyword Cake, Dessert, Mardi Gras

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