Cream Cheese King Cake

Dong Phuong’s King Cake might just be the reason the traffic on the High Rise Bridge goes up during Carnival season! Carnival purists rave about Dong Phuong’s award-winning brioche recipe, which results in a king cake much lighter, flakier, and more moist than anything they grew up with. All Dong Phuong king cakes feature fresh ingredients of the highest quality and are topped with their signature cream cheese frosting. A river of cinnamon runs through it!

Back in the early 1980s, Huong and De Van Tran, along with their three children, emigrated from Vietnam to New Orleans to chase the American dream. They opened Dong Phuong Bakery in 1982, and since then it’s become a cornerstone of The Big Easy’s thriving Vietnamese community and was named an “American Classic” by the James Beard Foundation in 2018. Huong’s baked goods are a thing of cultish devotion in New Orleans, including the French bread, which forms the foundation of bánh mì, the iconic Vietnamese sandwich. The bread has a crackling crust and a pillowy-soft interior, and is the perfect vehicle for the homemade meats and pickled veggies that make up this legendary sandwich.