How to make the best French Galette des Rois recipe (king cake), with a crispy and buttery homemade puff pastry filled with an almond cream.

A delicious treat for Three Kings' Day, the galette des rois is a puff pastry tart, filled with frangipane. Click for the recipe #enrilemoine

Galette des Rois, King Cake, is a delicious January French tradition. Puff pastry, frangipane, and a hidden charm. Who will wear the crown?

This is one of my favorite culinary French tradition: the Galette des Rois or French King Cake! Not only is it a very jovial tradition, a good reason to get together with family or friends, but the traditional Galette des Rois is also a terribly good cake!

Learn how to make galette des rois the delicious French epiphany king's cake, made with flaky pastry and almond paste.

Galette des Rois, also known as King Cake, is a traditional flaky puff pastry treat filled with almond cream and covered in elaborate designs. Celebrated during Epiphany, this recipe is made completely from scratch and is the BEST type of pastry to enjoy.

How to make the best French Galette des Rois recipe (king cake), with a crispy and buttery homemade puff pastry filled with an almond cream.

To mark the occasion, Le Cordon Bleu Master Chefs have created this Three Kings' Cake which follows the traditional version served in Northern France. A bean, or “fève” is hidden in the cake and the person whose portion contains the bean is crowned king or queen for the festivities. The cake differs from one region to the next, with different countries taking slightly different approaches, but Parisians know it as a flat, round puff pastry cake filled with a thin layer of almond cream.

Celebrate the Epiphany with this classic Galette des Rois with Frangipane. Whoever find the fève inside is crowned King or Queen for the day!

In France, it is a tradition to share the Galette des Rois (French King Cake) on Epiphany Day, which is on January 6th. It celebrates the