King cake coconut. Some bakers now offer king cakes for other holidays that immediately surround the Mardi Gras season, such as king cakes with green and red icing for Christmas, cakes with pink and red icing for Valentine's Day, and cakes with green and white icing for St. Patrick's Day. Others have gone a step further and produce specialty king cakes from the beginning of football season for Louisiana State University and New Orleans Saints tailgate parties, then for Halloween, then Thanksgiving—and do not cease until after Mardi Gras season, when they produce an Easter holiday king cake. In the Southern culture,
Cucumber cake Cucumber cake Cucumber cake is a cake prepared using cucumber as a primary ingredient. Additional ingredients may include typical cake ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and leavening. It may be served as a dessert cake, and some versions are topped with an icing. Cucumber cake may be referred to as "tavsoli" or "tausali", and is a dish in Goan cuisine. "Tavsoli" is prepared using cucumber, and additional ingredients may include rice, coconut, jaggery, ghee, cashews and cardamom. Turmeric leaves may be placed atop the cake prior to baking, which adds flavor. It may be served as a breakfast dish,