Glycolysis is derived fro Greek words, glycos which means sugar or sweet and lysis which means dissolution or degradation. Glycolysis is a metabolic pathway that is a sequence of 10 reactions that are enzyme catalyzed. The sequence of these reactions convert glucose into pyruvate. During this metabolic process high-energy compounds ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) and NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide).
The three colors of the sugar are Purple (representing Justice), Green (representing Faith) and Gold (representing Power). Today the King Cakes are baked with a wide assortment of fillings inside the cake. King Cake is the preferred dessert and snack in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Hundreds of thousands of King Cakes are eaten in New Orleans during the Carnival season. Many are shipped throughout the U.S. for those displaced New Orleanians longing for a taste of Mardi Gras. In fact, a Mardi Gras party wouldnât be a Mardi Gras party without a King Cake.
King Cakes range from simple coffee-cake-like affairs to giant concoctions filled with just about anything you can imagine shoving into a cakeincluding pecans, fruit, various flavors of cream cheese, and chocolate. But the secret ingredient in every King Cake is a tiny plastic or porcelain baby. The person who discovers it in his or her slice is branded as the purchaser of the next cake, and so it goes at offices, schools, and parties from Twelfth Night (12 days after Christmas) until the aptly named Fat Tuesday.