Rosca de Reyes, also called the Three Kings’ Cake, is a candy bread historically eaten in Mexico and different Latin American nations on January sixth, the day of Epiphany. The rosca de reyes is often ring-shaped, with a gap within the middle, and is embellished with candied fruit and different candy toppings. A small plastic figurine of the child Jesus is usually hidden contained in the rosca, and whoever finds the figurine is claimed to be the godparent of the child Jesus for the 12 months.
The rosca de reyes has an extended historical past, courting again to the Center Ages. It’s believed that the rosca de reyes originated in Spain, the place it was often called the “rosca de Reyes Magos” (Three Kings’ Cake). The rosca de reyes was dropped at Mexico by the Spanish conquistadors within the sixteenth century, and it shortly turned a well-liked custom.
