Where to Get King Cake in Dallas

Now that the year-end holidays are behind us, and we’ve barely had time to put away the lights, Carnival season is already here. It officially kicked off on Jan. 6, the day of the Epiphany or Twelfth Night, which marks the arrival of the three wise men into Bethlehem with gifts for baby Jesus.

The season ends with Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, on Feb. 13, when Catholics gather to party their asses off before getting ashes brushed on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday. They also vow to abstain from certain pleasures as a form of penance leading up to Easter Sunday.

And while giving up social media or alcohol would certainly be a form of penance for many, I've never figured out how eating a fried shrimp po’boy for lunch on a Friday instead of a hamburger was remotely a “sacrifice." In Louisiana, king cakes and Mardi Gras go hand-in-hand like butter and sugar, which we’re certain Catholics are allowed to indulge without the risk of burning in hell, even if they’ve sacrificed sweets for the Lenten season. There is typically a plastic baby hidden inside of king cakes, and tradition dictates that whoever gets the plastic baby in their slice must provide the next king cake.

So, it becomes a merry-go-round of king cakes. Louisiana is prominent on Texas’ NextDoor app, so we’re fortunate enough to have several places in North Texas that have king cakes shipped from the homeland. And many local bakers have learned the techniques to make them from scratch. Here is our roundup of some great places to partake. 

Bayou Cat Seafood

2505 E. Arkansas Lane, Arlington

Manny Randazzo is a bakery just outside New Orleans that draws a crowd every Mardi Gras season for its from-scratch king cakes. But instead of paying exorbitant shipping costs, you can get your fill of these treats at Bayou Cat Seafood in Arlington. A traditional king cake is $44.99, and a filled king cake is $48.99.

Blue Bonnet Bakery

4705 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth

Blue Bonnet Bakery will be serving 8-inch mini king cakes in a variety of flavors, including cinnamon, cream cheese, cinnamon/cream cheese, strawberry/cream cheese and raspberry/cream cheese for $11.99 each. Call 817-731-4233 to place your order.

Bon Temps Bakeshop

2613 Marble Creek Drive, The Colony

Bon Temps Bakeshop is a pop-up offering seasonal and custom baked goods. The bakery's 11-inch king cakes include classic cinnamon ($30), strawberry cream cheese ($34), Nutella coffee crunch ($34), bananas foster ($34) and Ube coconut ($38). Mini king cakes are available for $9–$10. Pick-ups will be primarily in The Colony, but there will be pop-ups in Frisco, Carrollton and Plano. Follow Bon Temps on Instagram for updates.

Bread Winners

Uptown, Inwood Village, Northpark Center and Plano

It’s time to get jazzed up about the Mardi Gras treats at Bread Winners. Full-size king cakes are offered in either traditional, praline or berries and cream for $28; mini king cakes go for $6. Also here: cake balls, cupcakes and rice krispy treats adorned in Mardi Gras colors. Call 214-484-6904 to grab your sweet treats!

Casa Linda Bakery

10819 Garland Rd. 

After a jog around White Rock Lake stop into Casa Linda Bakery and grab one of their cinnamon and cream cheese king cakes for $29.

Central Market

Lovers Lane, Plano, Preston/Royal, Midway, Southlake and Fort Worth

All Central Market locations will have traditional king cakes with cream cheese filling starting in February. They already have the galette de rois, the French version of king cake made with flaky, buttery puff pastry and filled with almond cream for $19.99 each.

Cinnaholic

Richardson, Addison, McKinney, Frisco, Mesquite, Las Colinas, Grand Prairie, Arlington and Mansfield

Cinnaholic has a king cake that serves 8 to 12 people. You get your choice of frosting, Mardi Gras sprinkles and a plastic baby on top for $35. You can also opt for individual king cake cinnamon rolls for $6.75.

Cookie Society

Frisco and Addison

Cookie Society is the best society of all societies. Just do everyone a favor and try one of their cookies at either the Frisco or the Addison store. You can also order a box and have it shipped to you. Then you'll get it. The king cake cookie will return in February and be available all month. (But if you ever see the Pop-Tart cookies on the menu, buy
as many as you can.) 

Dusty Biscuit Beignets

411 S. Main St., Fort Worth

Bring Mardi Gras home with you! Get a frozen 10-inch beignet king cake along with cream cheese icing, cinnamon sugar and colored sugar to dust it up right. Dusty Biscuit's mini king cakes serve 4 people and come with a metallic king cake baby for $20. You can also indulge in Mardi Gras beignets: 3 light, fluffy New Orleans beignets with a sweet cream cheese glaze, cinnamon sugar and Mardi Gras sprinkles for $6.50 per order.

Haute Sweets Patisserie

10230 E. Northwest Highway and 6959 Arapaho Road 

Both locations of Haute Sweets Patisserie are taking orders until 5 p.m. on Feb. 7 for a 10-inch traditional king cake ($35) that serves 10–12 people and for mini king cakes ($6 each). If you want to glam up your order, add the Mardi Gras package for $5, which includes Mardi Gras beads and doubloons. Cakes must be ordered 48 hours in advance as there will be very few, if any, available for walk-in/pick-up.

Leila Bakery & Cafe

6041 Oram St. 

Celebrate Fat Tuesday with a King cake filled with brown sugar and cinnamon at locally owned and operated Leila Bakery in East Dallas. Regular-sized king cakes are $35 each, and mini king cakes are $12.

Les Bon Temps Beignets

2932 Main St.

As we get closer to Fat Tuesday, Les Bon Temps Beignets in Deep Ellum will be serving Mardi Gras beignets and lattes.

PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans

Dallas, Euless, Fort Worth, Grand Prairie, McKinney, Frisco and North Richland Hills

PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans is offering “flavor fit for a king” this Mardi Gras season. If you want to indulge, order the King Cake latte (hot or iced). If you’re looking for something “healthy,” the king cake protein velvet ice is for you. Another featured drink is the king cake cold brew with sweet cold foam paired with a flaky slice of king cake in cinnamon, cream cheese or praline during the carnival season.

Reverie Bakeshop

980 N. Coit Road, Richardson

Reverie Bakeshop, a vegan bakery in Richardson, will have king cakes available for $55 in six different flavors. Each cake yields about 20 servings. Flavors include classic cinnamon, cream cheese, strawberry, vanilla cream, strawberry cream cheese and chocolate cream.

Stein’s Bakery

12829 Preston Road

Satisfying the sweet-toothed in North Dallas for over 20 years, Stein’s Bakery bakes some delicious king cakes filled with cinnamon or cream cheese. King cakes are $23 each.

Unrefined Bakery

East Dallas, Frisco, Preston Center, Uptown and Fort Worth

Unrefined Bakery offers a healthier but just as tasty version of a king cake. It's made with almond and coconut flour and sweetened with Swerve, a natural, plant-based sweetener based in New Orleans. If you didn’t know it was so nutritious, you would never guess. The appearance and texture are like a regular white cake, and it's very moist, almost like a pound cake colliding with a king cake. It is gluten-free, grain-free, low-carb, zero-sugar, keto, dairy-free, all-natural and completely fit to eat.

The Wild Cajun

7358 Winnell Way, North Richland Hills

The Wild Cajun has a supply of king cakes from Cannata's, a popular bakery based in Houma, Louisiana, that has been making world-famous king cakes since 1939. Each cake is mixed in-house and filled with love in the form of cinnamon ($40), Bavarian cream ($45), Berry Royale ($45), Snickerdoodle ($45) and Ti-Can Pecan ($49.99). The original cinnamon is baked to perfection and adorned with purple, green and gold sugars. The Bavarian is a classic traditional king cake stuffed with Bavarian cream cheese filling, and the Berry Royale is stuffed with a berry blend. It’s fruity, carnival-time fun. The Snickerdoodle is a two-time winner at the New Orleans King Cake Festival. It has all the sugary and cinnamon flavors combined with Cannata’s signature homemade gooey butter filling. The Ti-Can Pecan is a tipsy and tasty treat with whiskey barrel-aged pecans and gooey butter filling and is glazed with bourbon. To order on the website, click on the "Start Order" button and then select the North Richland Hills location.