A popular new twist on a Mardi Gras favorite has made its way to Northwest Louisiana.
People have been going crazy for boudin king cake down in South Louisiana, after a Lafayette man’s boudin topped with crumbs and crackling and drizzled with Steen’s cane syrup went viral.
Now, the very Cajun concoction is available in Shreveport.
Lilah’s Bakery owner Lisa Tike says they started making the unusual king cakes after they got a request from a customer. “We had a customer come in and she said ‘I saw it on the internet and I love your king cakes, so I want you to make it for me.’ And my husband said ‘I would love to, but we’d have to make the boudin and the cracklins for it.’ And she said ‘I’ll go get you the boudin, I’ll get you the cracklins.’ We said ‘Ok, we’ve got the steen syrup and we’ve got it from there.'”
Tike says Lilah’s boudin king cake is made with the same dough as the regular king cake.
So far, they’ve already gotten more than 20 orders for the upcoming weekend.
Boudin king cakes can are still available by pre-order from Lilah’s in time for for Super Bowl Sunday, if you can get them in by 3 p.m. Saturday. Pickup will be Sunday 11-3.
They are $35 each for a cake that fits in a 10-inch box.
Read more: https://www.ksla.com/story/27990062/shreveport-bakery-serves-up-viral-hit-boudin-king-cake/