Galette des Rois Aux Amandes

This cake is eaten on the feast of the Epiphany, the twelfth night after Christmas when the three kings arrived with their gifts for the Christ Child. A bean or a gold ring or even a tiny image of the Child is hidden in the cake and the top is surmounted with a golden cardboard crown. When the cake is eaten, the person who finds the object is crowned King of the Feast for the evening’s festivities.