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,
Sheet cake sprinkles and chocolate chips. By definition, they are made from a single continuous piece of cake. Ingredients such as nuts, chocolate chips, or coconut may be sprinkled over the top. A layer cake may be made from a sheet cake that has been split, filled with jam or icing, and frosted. A US commercial sheet cake pan is 18x24x2 or 18x26x2 inches in size. In the UK, Canada, and Australia a similar cake is referred to as a slab cake. Sheet cake A sheet cake is a cake baked in a large, flat rectangular pan such as a sheet pan