Our Mardi Gras Ice Ring is a one of a kind festive creation that will keep your punch bowl looking absolutely beautiful and delicious!
When you celebrate Mardi Gras this year we think it’s a pretty good idea to have our delicious Mardi Gras King Cake Soda Ice Ring keeping everything in the punch bowl nice and, well, chill!
For as long as I can remember Mardi Gras has remained a mysterious celebration. In my mind, Mardi Gras represents one big party, which involves lots of people festooned in colorful beads, and perhaps even donning festive masks. It is a party and the name of the game is to eat, drink, be merry! It’s a celebration. But now that I am older I have a better idea what all of the fuss is all about. I did a bit of research and I have discovered the origins of this month long affair.
According to historians, Mardi Gras has roots in ancient Rome and associated with a celebration known as Lupercalia. Little has changed over the ages accept now Mardi Gras is typically associated with New Orleans, and a lot of the popular traditions associated with modern Mardi Gras originated in the Cresent City.
Mardi Gras is known as a month long celebration in anticipation of Lent. Commonly, though most folks are more familiar with the culmination of festivities during the last five days of February.
Mardi Gras King Cake Soda Ice Ring
Okay, back to our wonderful ice ring. Did you know our ice ring isn’t just any old ice ring? Our ice ring is made with King Cake Soda! Yes! If you’ve heard of Mard Gras there’s a pretty good chance you heard or had a slice of delicious King Cake. A traditional King Cake is a multi-colored Gold, Purple and Green cake. The oval shaped cake represents the unity of faiths. The color purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power. And King Cakes also have a little surprise baked inside each one. If you have a slice of King Cake you may be lucky and get “the baby”. The King Cake baby symbolizes luck and prosperity.
We would like to think our Mardi Gras King Cake Soda Ice Ring delivers all of those King Cake good vibes, and then some!
Check out the recipe, down below!
Mardi Gras Ice Ring Tutorial
Ingredients:
- 1 navel orange, sliced
- 2 blood oranges, sliced
- 2 sweet limes, sliced
- 1/3 cup Mike and Ike’s fruit candy
- 1/3 cup Jujyfruits candy
- 1/3 cup Dots gumdrops
- 2 cups of crushed ice or ice cubes
- 3 bottles of Abita King Cake Soda (We found ours at World Market, but you Find it near you with this product locator).
Equipment:
- Bundt Cake Pan
Directions:
- Slice citrus fruit and arrange a single layer on the bottom of the Bundt cake pan.
- Scatter candy generously over sliced fruit.
- Add 2 cups of crushed or party ice.
- Place the final layer of sliced fruit and candy.
- Slowly add 3 bottles of King Cake soda.
- Bundt cake into the freezer section of your fridge.
- Allow the ice ring to freeze for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Remove the Bundt cake pan and place it into a sink with 2 inches of warm water.
- Place a plate over the top of the ice ring and turn it out onto the plate.
- Put the King Cake Ice Ring into the bottom of the punch bowl. Then add your favorite punch. We make this Festive Mardi Gras Punch Recipeto use at our Mardi Gras celebrations.
Mardi Gras Ice Ring
Equipment
- Bundt Cake Pan
Ingredients
- 1 navel orange sliced
- 2 blood oranges sliced
- 2 sweet limes sliced
- 1/3 cup Mike and Ike's fruit candy
- 1/3 cup Jujyfruits candy
- 1/3 cup Dots gumdrops
- 2 cups of crushed ice or ice cubes
- 3 bottles of Abita King Cake Soda
Instructions
- Slice citrus fruit and arrange a single layer on the bottom of the Bundt cake pan.
- Scatter candy generously over sliced fruit.
- Add 2 cups of crushed or party ice.
- Place the final layer of sliced fruit and candy.
- Slowly add 3 bottles of King Cake soda.
- Bundt cake into the freezer section of your fridge.
- Allow the ice ring to freeze for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Remove the Bundt cake pan and place it into a sink with 2 inches of warm water.
- Place a plate over the top of the ice ring and turn it out onto the plate.
- Put the King Cake Ice Ring into the bottom of the punch bowl. Then add your favorite punch. We make this Festive Mardi Gras Punch Recipeto use at our Mardi Gras celebrations.
Nutrition
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Festive Mardi Gras Punch Recipe
Chydi says
Put the ice ring in a punch bowl and then what? Add punch?
Alea Milham says
Add your favorite punch or use our Mardi Gras punch recipe.
Mar says
Hi, love your recipe, but what can I sub for King cake soda if I can’t find it??
Tks!
Alea Milham says
King Cake Soda has the flavors of vanilla glaze and cinnamon. It is also quite sweet. You could try a vanilla soda and a pinch or two of cinnamon.
Mar says
Thanks! Do the candy pieces actually stick to the fruit? Or float off?