This year's special online 58 Days of King Cakes project led to much more than a photo gallery of king cakes that is guaranteed to make you drool. We learned a great deal about the state of king cakes in the greater New Orleans area.
We explored the evolution of the king cake at Dong Phuong bakery in eastern New Orleans, one of the most unusual — and delicious — of all the cakes we tasted. And we tasted a popular Elmwood king cake that has gone through a big change — without altering the recipe.
The 30-year-old Dong Phuong Bakery has three vans for daily wholesale deliveries to 60 or so restaurants. Some of the city's most dedicated po-boy makers use the bakery's French bread. In addition to the huge range of baked Asian treats, the bakery offers more than a dozen types of banh mi sandwiches. And, there's a full-service Vietnamese restaurant next door.
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