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NOLA baker credited with starting baby in king cake tradition dies

New Orleans, LA (KPLC) –

The New Orleans baker credited with first baking babies in king cakes has died.

Donald Daniel Entringer is said to have pioneered the approval of baking plastic babies into the cakes, which are a trademark of Louisiana culture and cuisine.

Entringer was at McKenzie’s Bakery Corp. in New Orleans back in the 1940s when a Mardi Gras Krewe asked him to put treasures in their king cakes.

via NOLA baker credited with starting baby in king cake tradition di – KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana.