4 reyes cake Recipes

semisweet chocolate , such as el rey (or callebaut), brewed coffee, freshly brewed (hot ), sugar, unbleached all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process, i use ghirardelli), baking soda, baking powder, salt, eggs, canola oil, buttermilk , well-shaken, pure vanilla extract

active dry yeast, warm water, milk, warm, sugar, butter or 1 cup crisco, melted, salt, eggs, beaten, flour (may need up to 8 cups), solo almond filling (substitute danish - almond filling, marzipan or the jam of your choice if you can tsp find the solo almond filli), dried beans (for the babies), colored sugar sprinkle (optional) or candied fruit (optional), powdered sugar, butter, milk, vanilla

water, butter, eggs, bread flour, sugar (use larger amount for king cake), ground dried lemon peel, saf yeast, salt, vital wheat gluten or 1 tbsp bread enhancer, butter (optional) or 4 tbsp margarine, melted (optional), brown sugar, ground cinnamon, flour or 1/4 cup oatmeal, powdered sugar, fresh lemon juice, grated fresh lemon rind, salt, water, butter