Quick King Cake Recipe: Holidays Cakes/Cupcakes

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Cuisine: American

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Servings: Makes 1 cake

Ingredients

1 loaf frozen bread dough, defrosted in the refrigerator overnight

Filling

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon butter, softened

Glaze

1 cup powdered sugar

1 tablespoon butter, softened

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 tablespoon milk (or as needed)

gold sugar, green sugar and purple sugar

Here's how to make it: 

Roll dough to a 16 x 12 rectangle (approximately). Spread filling on top. Roll up the dough as if making cinnamon rolls.

Take the rolled dough and make a ring by joining the two ends together. Gently pinch the ends together to seal.

Make cuts every 1 1/2 inches or so, about 3/4+ of the way through the ring (from outside towards the middle). I like to make 12 sections so that I can have 4 of each color

.Twist each ring on its side so that filling shows.

Loosely cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm spot for about 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350º. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool before icing.

Whisk or beat together glaze ingredients and add enough milk to thin into a glaze.

Brush over the bread, avoiding the filling, one section at a time.

Before the glaze over each section dries, sprinkle the glaze with sugar, alternating between colors.