Etoile Cusine et Bar will be offering its old-world King Cakes from January 6 through January 31. While most of us here on the Gulf Coast celebrate Mardi Gras with the usual brioche topped with luridly-colored sugars, the traditional French version, known as the Galette de Rois, is a more elegant cake that appears each January in French households, usually available by January 6 in keeping with the Epiphany, the day which marks the arrival of the Three Wise Men at the manger of Jesus in Bethlehem.

The cake is made of puff pastry and is filled with buttery, almond cream. It does not come topped with yellow, green and purple sugar. The cakes are $36 plus tax. Etoile is offering customers an even sweeter deal by throwing in a bottle of Liberation de Paris sparkling wine for a mere $4 extra with cake purchase.

Orders must be made 24 hours in advance by calling 832-668-5808.