King cake (Galette des rois in french)

Galette des rois is a traditional french cake that is made for Epiphany (6 of January). It celebrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem to visit baby Jesus. 
It is composed of a puff pastry cake, and a small charm in china, the fève, is hidden inside. The person who finds it becomes the king or the queen of the day. It is usually filled with frangipane, a cream made from sweet almonds, butter, eggs and sugar but there are several other derivatives as well at modern times.
I would like to thank Vanille, a girl of my son's class that put a recipe in their class blog and I could not resist and did it! It is so easy to make actually, check it for yourselves...


Ingredients [updated]
2 ready-made disks of puff pastry 
60 gr softened butter [originally was 120gr]
120 gr sugar
140 gr ground almonds [originally 125gr]
1 vanilla
2 eggs 
1 beaten egg for the top

Procedure 

1. Preheat the oven at 220 degrees of Celsius and fan.
2. Prepare the "frangipane" cream by beating first butter with sugar to get fluffy and then add the rest and continue to beat until soften.
3. Put one of the puff pastry disk on a baking sheet and lay evenly the frangipane on it leaving 2cm of the edges. 
4. Add the charm ("feve"). It is very important not to forget this part!!! Otherwise kids will be disappointed
5. Cover with the second disk. Press the edges with a small fork to seal well. 
6. Using a knife, "draw" lightly patterns on the top. 
7. Brush the last egg on top to get a nice color.
8. Bake for about 20min or until it gets crispy and a nice golden color.

Enjoy! And let me know what you think if you try it :) 
Here's what was left a few hours later the same day ...