The Art of Cooking Rosca de Reyes - Another fun cooking class at Kahlo's Kitchen!

A couple of weeks ago, the girls and I were able to attend another fun cooking class at Kahlo's Kitchen. This time, we learned how to make Rosca de Reyes, a traditional pastry here in Mexico eaten to celebrate Epiphany. Again, I'm getting my information from Wikipedia because sadly I lost the printout that was handed out that described the tradition in more detail.   .

Once again, Sofia did an excellent job of explaining to the class in English what we would be doing, as well as the traditions behind the "king's pastry". 

Grandma Teri explaining what we will be making

The girls got to come up and help stir the pastry dough. They also got to sample the frosting later.

This time the class was held at Gustavo's Kitchen in Playa Sur.

Oh, we got to have Mexican hot chocolate also. Besides eating frosting, this might have been the girls favorite part!

This is what the dough looks like before it goes in the oven.

Sweet treats that go on top for decoration (and flavor).

Time to sample the finished product!

Oh, I forgot to mention baby Jesus!

A plastic baby Jesus figurine is baked inside the cake and whoever gets the piece with Jesus has to host a party with tamales on February 2nd.

For the purposes of our class, there were multiple baby Jesus' so both the girls ended up with them, to their delight.

Our lovely teachers! Thank you for another fun cooking class here in Mazatlan!

Hasta luego. Until next time!

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