La Galette des Rois

Today is the 6th of January - the Feast of the Epiphany of the Christian calendar when the three wise kings followed the star to Bethelem to see the baby Jesus bringing with them their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The only tradition that I know of in NZ for this day is to take down the Christmas Tree. Here in Belgium too, I took down the Christmas tree for Granny. Later in the day though, Fanny rang and asked if I would like to share in eating their Galette des Rois . The galette des Rois or  Kings' Cake is made of puff pastry with an almond and frangipani filling.

 Hidden inside the galette is a bean (although these days it is likely to be a tiny figurine) and whoever gets this figurine in their piece of galette is the King and  wears a golden crown. According to tradition, the youngest child sits under the table and calls out who is to get each piece as it is cut so that no one can cheat. Julien has never received the figurine and was hopeful that this year the crown might be his. Fanny too was keen to win as she hadn't won for a few years but it was Guy-Michel who discovered the figurine ( a car) in his piece of galette. He got to wear a matching 'Cars' crown. It was a lot of fun on an otherwise cold and wet afternoon. The cake was yummy too!

GM has the 'Cars' crown and Julien has Granny L's consolation crown!