Gâteau des Rois VS Galette des rois
The tradition of the Twelfth-Night pancake which we celebrate for Epiphanie gives the occasion " to eat Twelfth Night cake " and follows very precise codes. For centuries, the procedure remained the same: the pancake is divided so many parts as dinner guests more a which is the " part of the good God "or" the part of the Virgo " and which was for the first poor man who appeared. The youngest of the guests hidden under the table decide then on the distribution of the portions. Inside the pancake, a bean. The one who discovers it becomes king of the day and does hair of a golden cardboard crown. But the big dîlème is the following one: Are you more Twelfth-Night pancake or cake of Kings. The first one is a puff paste filled with the almond paste, the second more typical of the South of France is a brioche with sugar with enormous candied fruits shaped in the shape of crown. That you are the one or other, this cake is considered as one of oldest and of the most famous cakes of France.