Friday, January 07, 2011


Roscón de los Reyes


Roscón de los Reyes by anbri22 listen
Roscón de los Reyes a photo by anbri22 listen on Flickr.

"Roscón de los Reyes" is a large ring-shaped cake that is decorated with candied fruits; symbolic of the emeralds and rubies that adorned the Three Kings’ robes. In the middle of the cake sits a gold foil cardboard crown. Hidden within the pastry is a porcelain or plastic figurine of a baby to represent Jesus.

Whoever receives the piece of cake with the baby gets to wear the crown and is declared "King" or "Queen" for the day. It some areas, it also means the person is designated to bring the next year’s "Roscón de los Reyes."

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