We missed out on getting a bûche de noël by spending Christmas away from Paris, but we were back in time to try a galette des rois (king cake) for Epiphany. King cakes are a traditional part of the feast of Epiphany in a number of countries (including parts of the U.S.) but the type of cake varies by region and country.
In the part of France where we live, a galette des rois is a flat tart made of puff pastry with almond paste filling. A fève (bean) is buried in the cake. While the fève was originally an actual bean, it is represented by a little ceramic trinket in modern galettes des rois. The person who discovers the fève in their slice of cake is the king of the feast and gets to wear the paper crown that comes with the cake.
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