King Cake is also known as Three Kings Cake, Epiphany Cake or Twelfth Night Cake. The season for King Cake begins on January 6th and extends through Tuesday, also known as �Fat Tuesday,� the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. This period is also known as the Carnival season, with Fat Tuesday being Mardi Gras, a popular tradition in New Orleans, Louisiana. The cake is shaped in a round or ring shape, thought to represent the circular route taken by the biblical Three Kings in their search for the Baby Jesus. Traditionally a small token such as a coin, bean, or baby figure, is baked into the cake, and the person receiving the slice with the token is named king or queen of the day. King cake is normally made with a sweet yeast dough flavored with cinnamon, and may have a filling of cheese, fruit, or nuts. This recipe includes a sweet pecan filling, vanilla-bourbon flavored icing, and sprinkled with sanding sugars in the traditional colors of Mardi Gras; purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power.