How To Make A King Cake Out Of Crescent Rolls

Unroll the crescent roll dough and separate it into triangles.

How to make a king cake out of crescent rolls. How to make king cake with crescent rolls. Divide the frosting evenly between 4 bowls. Place the cake ring on a serving plate. Fold dough points over filling and then fold bottom of triangle over points forming a circular roll like a king cake.

To make the filling combine sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. In a small bowl beat the cream cheese confectioners sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spoon over wide ends of ring. About halfway down from points press seams together in mixing bowl beat cream cheese confectioners sugar and vanilla until creamy.

Sprinkle over cream cheese. Instead of making sweet bread dough for your cake you can use 2 packages of crescent rolls. Unroll crescent roll dough and separate into triangles. Place slices around prepared pan with points in center.

Pulse until well blended. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Lightly press wide ends together. Then like a traditional king cake you will put the filling on the dough.

In another small bowl combine butter brown sugar and cinnamon with fork until crumbly. Position the triangles next to each other with the points toward the center overlapping the long sides about 1 4 inch forming a large round on the baking sheet. Spread on dough in center where seams have been pressed together. Coat a pizza pan or baking sheet with butter flavored cooking spray.

Preheat oven to 375. Separate crescent roll triangles. Make the cake heat the oven to 350 f. Then arrange the triangles on a large round baking stone or pizza pan with the points in the middle.

Add the pecans and pulse until pecans are chopped into small chunks. Preheat oven to 350f and line a pizza pan or cookie sheet with parchment paper. Stir 1 tablespoon of milk into each bowl to thin the frosting. In a medium bowl using a hand mixer beat cream cheese vanilla and half the cinnamon sugar mixture until fluffy 2 3 minutes.

In a food processor combine cream cheese brown sugar raisins and cinnamon. Separate crescent rolls at perforations into 16 slices. This will create a large circle. Unroll the crescent dough on a clean flat surface.