05-03-2025
Yum, King cakes! Peoria Bakery sees spike in sales for the item on Mardi Gras
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Mardi Gras has made its way into central Illinois, and one bakery is keeping with the holiday's traditions.
Trefzger's Bakery in Peoria sees the most sales of King cakes on Mardi Gras, which translates to 'Fat Tuesday', and is a day for people to eat as much as they want before the 40 days of Lent.
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'We did 250 of them yesterday, which last week we probably did that amount throughout the whole week,' said Martha Huebner, co-owner of Trefzger's. 'It starts out slow, we get a few orders in January, but then into February, it picks up pretty quickly.
Huebner said making these cakes is something fun that they implemented after they became owners.
'It's actually something that we didn't do 30 years ago when my husband and I took over the bakery,' Huebner said. 'It's a fun tradition. It's celebrating kind of coming out of winter for me personally. It's a big old party day.'
The way Trefzger's makes their King cake is with a good amount of dough, filling and cinnamon sugar. But what does it taste like?
'It tastes like really delicious, sweet, flaky dough… and sugar,' Huebner said with a laugh. 'It's just sugar, really.
Mardi Gras was the last day to get the cakes at Trefzger's, as they are focusing on St. Patrick's Day goodies, which include Irish soda bread, Guinness based bread and cakes.
They will also have Hot Cross Buns starting on Wednesday, which will be on sale until Easter.
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