Why Lawton's Fromage 580 Is The King Cake Hotspot

Carnival season started this week, and if you're looking to celebrate with a King Cake in Lawton, then you only have one local bakery to purchase from. Fromage 580 boasts themselves as "the best King Cakes in the 580!"

Carnival season officially started on Jan. 6. It's a time many people of Christian and Catholic religions mark the end of Christmas and fill their time with eating and drinking before Ash Wednesday, which kicks off Lent. Carnival season is associated with Mardi Gras, which culminates the season on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. During this time is when people enjoy a King Cake.

Carnival season and Mardi Gras is most associated with Louisiana, but there are several people in Lawton that celebrate this time of year. Luckily, Fromage 580 is a local bakery that provides people with fresh King Cakes.

Fromage 580 in Lawton is the only King Cakes bakery in southwest Oklahoma.

Not many bakeries in Oklahoma sell King Cakes since Carnival and Mardis Gras aren't widely celebrated, like in Louisiana. There are a few bakeries across the state that do sell them during this time of year, and one of them provides King Cakes for all of southwest Oklahoma.

Fromage 580 offers over 20 different King Cakes flavors, including traditional and other dessert-inspired creations. Some of the traditional King Cake fillings Fromage 580 offers includes raspberry cream cheese, brown sugar cinnamon and apple pie.

Fromage 580 offers King Cakes in three different sizes, whether you're sharing with a few people or a whole party! King Cakes can be ordered from Fromage 580 by messaging the bakery directly on its official Facebook page.

What exactly is a King Cake?

King Cakes is a type of brioche and are a blend of a coffee cake and a cinnamon roll. Some are sometimes filled with cream cheese or fruit. It's typically enjoyed during Carnival season up until Mardi Gras. The cake represents the three kings that delivered gifts to baby Jesus.

King Cakes are shaped like crown and feature yellow, green and purple icing or sprinkles. The cake also features a surprise, usually a plastic baby. If you get the baby in your slice, you're granted luck and prosperity and you either have to provide the King Cake at next year's gathering or throw a big party.

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