Talking about king cake before turkey day has even arrived feels a bit like decorating for Halloween before Labor Day.
But the wheels are in motion for the upcoming Carnival season and today we have some good news from King Cake Hub after the family behind this unique New Orleans creation endured a heartrending loss this year.
King Cake Hub is a concept that collects king cakes from many different bakeries and restaurants in one spot. It indeed acts like a hub for that well-documented desire to sample the range of tradition and creativity running through the king cake realm each season.
The goat cheese and apple king cake with its distinctive icing from Cake Cafe is back through a partnership with the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). (Staff photo by Ian McNulty, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)
It was created in 2019 by Will Samuels, already well known for his earlier endeavors in New Orleans food and music and his community leadership roles.
Samuels died Sept. 7 from cancer at age 52. The news arrived as the community was still reeling from Hurricane Ida.
His wife, Jennifer Samuels, said at the time that King Cake Hub would return, following her husband’s wishes.
Will Samuels exuded all the fun and flair of the New Orleans love of celebration, finding ways not just to participate but to add to the good …
Now she’s laid out how that will happen this year, with an expansion and a new location.
King Cake Hub will be located at Zony Mash Beer Project, the craft brewery built in the vintage cinema at the crossroads of neighborhoods along South Broad Street. In 2021, King Cake Hub was located at the Broad Theater, a mile and a half down the street.
First opened in 1951 as the Gem movie theater, the building at 3940 Thalia St. is now home to microbrewery Zony Mash Beer Project in New Orleans.
The new location will host a Carnival Kickoff Party on Jan. 6, when King Cake Hub opens for the season. That event will double as the debut for a new king cake stout from Zony Mash.
In addition, King Cake Hub will have a second location at the Historic New Orleans Collection in the French Quarter, set up inside the museum and cultural center’s gift shop on Royal Street. This will coincide with the upcoming exhibit at the museum called Masking Mardi Gras, which opens Jan. 6.
A small chocolate king cake from Bittersweet Confections in New Orleans, where down-sized king cakes are big in a curtailed Carnival season.
The bakeries represented as King Cake Hub include well-known names around the metro area, some further afield (like Cannata’s Market in Houma) and some special collaborations. For instance, while the Marigny bakery Cake Café closed in 2020, baker Steve Himelfarb still makes his goat cheese and king cake and other editions with students from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
A mini king cake for one (perhaps?) from Cannata's, sold through King Cake Hub in New Orleans.
More returning bakers include Caludas’s, Caywood and Randazzo Bakery, Joe Gambino’s Bakery, Hi-Do Bakery, Bywater Bakery, Breads on Oak, Gracious Bakery, Bittersweet Confections, Sugar Love and Big Boy’s Gooey Cakes.
Zony Mash Beer Project (3940 Thalia St.)
and
The Historic New Orleans Collection
(520 Royal St.)
Jan. 6 through Lundi Gras (Feb. 28, 2022)
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