Quality Bakery prepares for roll-out of thousands of king cakes ahead of Mardi Gras season

WIGGINS, Miss. (WLOX) - It’s the end of the holiday season, but for local bakeries, the beginning of another.

King cake season has the potential to be an enemy to any New Year’s resolutions regarding healthy habits.

But, nonetheless tempting, with fruit fillings, brown sugar, or Hadlee White’s favorite:

“I would definitely say cream cheese. Plain cream cheese,” she says.

Quality Bakery owners Danielle and Gordon White are making sure customers near the newest Wiggins store can try their twist on the dessert before the official start of King Cake season, which is the day of the epiphany, on January 6th.

“It’s very busy but it’s one of our favorite times of the year,” they say.

Last year, nearly 10,000 king cakes flew out of Quality Bakery doors.

So, the staff will have their hands full with sweet dough, brown sugar, and festive sprinkles for days to come.

“Any given time at the bakeries during king cake season, there can be 500 to a thousand pounds of flour,” Danielle says.

The standard-size cake goes for $25, with the filling of your choice.

The family-owned bakery also sells a smaller version called The Hadlee, named after its fifth-generation employee. It costs $12.

“It’s definitely hard work,” 11-year-old Hadlee says. “But it’s something you can figure out. It’s inspiring, and I love to be in a family business.”

Fundraisers, preorders, and walk-in customers contribute to the large number of king cakes the bakery sells throughout the coming months.

You can get one at one of the two Q.B. locations in either Wiggins or Gulfport.

This year, Fat Tuesday falls on March 4th.

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