Best King Cake Delivery Services

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Gambino's is legendary in New Orleans. As one of the oldest King Cake bakeries in the city, it's been operating since 1949.

King Cake baker to celebrities, Gambino's, name-checks David Letterman and Oprah Winfrey on its list of regular customers. It might surprise you, that Gambino's also has one of the best deals on a King Cake.

You can get Gambino's Traditional King Cake Kit for about $49. The package includes a cinnamon King Cake with the baby baked inside, a King Cake history brochure, and a Mardi Gras poster. The icing and purple, green, and gold sugar are packed separately, so you can enjoy decorating the King Cake yourself.

Each Gambino's King Cake serves 15 to 18 people. In addition to the traditional cinnamon flavor, Gambino's also deals in praline, strawberry, cream cheese, and flavor combos thereof, available for an extra charge.

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Pastry expert John Caluda is the founder and head pastry chef at Caluda’s King Cake. After completing his pastry education at the Culinary Institute of America in New York, he returned to his hometown of New Orleans to build his culinary empire.

Chef Caluda honed his chops at several landmark NOLA establishments before hanging up his own shingle in Metairie, his childhood neighborhood. Called Coffee Cottage, the joint proved to be so popular that Caluda has now outgrown those humble digs, expanding operations to a state-of-the-art, 10,000 square-foot bakery in Harahan, Louisiana. Caluda's King Cakes are beloved by customers and consistently prevail in King Cake Snob's annual tasting competition.

Caluda's ships King Cakes year-round and offers many flavors, both traditional and unique. Caluda's traditional Mardi Gras King Cake sells for about $23, with standard overnight shipping included to the lower 48 United States. Shipping to Alaska and Hawaii may cost more. Bulk ordering is available if you want to send King Cakes to your entire Rolodex.

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Lilah’s is a family-owned, seasonal King Cake Bakery out of Shreveport, Louisiana. Owner and head pastry chef Sopan "TK" Tike, hails from Mumbai, India. Chef Tike perfected his craft at fancy Mumbai hotels, before setting sail in the pastry kitchen of Carnival Cruise Lines. His travels eventually brought him to Cajun Country, where he settled down with his wife Lisa and their baby daughter Lilah, for whom their bakery is named.

Lilah's earns rave reviews year after year from customers who love the flavor, freshness, and service they receive, but Lilah's earned a spot on this list for their outstanding variety. In the world of King Cake, Lilah's menu is unrivaled. You can choose from a total of 20-some flavors, including Apple, Bananas Foster, Bavarian Cream, Tiramisu, Black Forest, Triple Berry, Blueberries and Cream, Cherries and Cream, Zulu, Pralines and Cream, Maple Bacon, and more.

King Cakes cost anywhere from around $24 to over $65, depending on size and flavor, plus shipping. Lilah's is a seasonal bakery. For 2021, Lilah's begins shipping around Halloween and continues until Fat Tuesday.

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Many bakeries offer King Cake packages, bundling the pastry with all manner of bric-a-brac for your Mardi Gras-themed gathering. If you want masks and jester dolls with your King Cake, more power to you, but in our opinion, the package from Haydel's is the most straightforward and satisfying combo out there.

Haydel's Da Parish King Cake Package comes with its signature Da Parish King Cake—a braided, cinnamon Danish dough topped with green, gold, and purple sugar, plus, icing, and sprinkles—as well as a King Cake History Scroll, a pack of Mardi Gras beads, and a pack of classic NOLA French Market Coffee. Best of all, it's $58, next-day shipping included. It's everything you need to finish off your annual Mardi Gras party properly.

Haydel's makes other flavors of King Cake, too, including Cream Cheese, Strawberry Cream Cheese, and Praline Pecan. All the King Cakes provide roughly 30 to 35 one-inch slices. Haydel's ships King Cakes year-round to anywhere UPS delivers. It even ships internationally, but you'll have to call them on the phone to place an international order.

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King Cakes have been around for a long time. The tradition began in France hundreds of years ago as part of the feast celebrating the Christian Epiphany. These original King Cakes are a bit different from those associated with Mardi Gras. Rather than an iced, ring-shaped coffee cake, the French King Cake is a round puff pastry filled with sweet almond paste, meant to be served warm.

It's no surprise that the title of Best French King Cake goes to a traditional French Bakery. Pastry Chef Francois Poupart began his career in Paris, but soon decamped to Louisiana, bringing the French country village bakery aesthetic along with him. Cajun country welcomed his thick French accent and the classic pastries he produced. Now, Poupart's bakery delights customers in New Orleans.

Poupart's authentic traditional French King Cake costs about $69, plus shipping. The shop also sells the Mardi Gras version as well for the same price. King Cakes must be shipped overnight, and go out only from Tuesday through Thursday.

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If you're looking for an all-natural, vegan King Cake, then look no further than Breads on Oak. Founded by Sean O'Mahoney and his wife Chamain in 2012, Breads on Oak is an eco-conscious, 100% plant-based bakery and cafe in New Orleans.

Breads on Oak produces traditional cinnamon King Cakes, as well as flavored and filled varieties like vegan cream cheese, pecan praline, almond cream, and chocolate tiramisu. The company's King Cakes look a little different from most others, and not just because they're vegan. The King Cakes are baked in a stone, hearth oven, and there are no artificial colors in its decorating sugar, opting instead for more muted, naturally-derived pigments. There's no plastic baby, either. In keeping with its natural ethos, Breads on Oak hides a single almond in its King Cakes.

Delivery to the continental United States, the company ships their Traditional Cinnamon King Cake for about $70 and Bavarian Cream Filled King Cakes sell for around $78 to the continental United States. They even offer a New Orleans Care package which comes with either a Traditional King Cake or Bavarian Filled whichever you choose, along with other goodies like coffee and Mardi Gras colored beads.