Has anyone here made their own king cake?

I cant really provide a tried and true recipe, its been years since i made one. Look up a well reviewed sponge dough recipe (cinnamon roll dough) and start from there. Make your dough, proof, punch down, roll out in as nice a rectangle as possible, add whatever spices or fillings you want with a good brushing of butter. Roll up, meet the ends together and then proof once again on a greased pan
till doubled. Bake at three fiddy till done (35-45 min likely) let cool completely then just make royal icing by blending powdered sugar with just enough water and or flavoring extracts and food coloring to make it pourable. Pour that all over your cake and get jiggy with the springles. Now I have to make a king cake.. thanks a lot ;)

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It was basically a cinnamon roll recipe IIRC

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yep

Here's the recipe I used for a foundation yearlier this year. I don't remember exactly how we altered it other than we didn't use the candied Citron. It ended up being a giant cinnamon roll doughnut. Good but not as airy of a dough as a typical kingcake

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Good but not as airy of a dough as a typical kingcake

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This is what I’m trying to avoid. I have a family member that makes them, and they are good, but not as fluffy/light as normal king cakes.

Just watch this. King Cake Help
All the recipes are similar.
You don't need to use granulated sugar like Haydels. You can use sprinkles like Manny.
The bakery's used to use Dawn Danish and Sweet Dough(not flour).
Make sure you use the flavorings the recipe calls for. It's not the same as making cinnamon rolls.
Make sure you have good yeast.
When you add the cinnamon/sugar go heavy handed. You can use butter or oil as the binder.
Make sure you fold over, slice in 3, and braid like in the video.
Once it's braided grab one end and roll it to elongate the dough. Bring back other end and make into circle.
Let it proof on the pan you are baking it on in warm humid place for a while. Like an hour.
Bake till done(don't follow a time).
Don't ice it until it's cooled.

The end.

Worked at a metro nola bakery(won't name) for 10 years a long time ago.

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SmokedBrisket2018

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Worked at metro nola bakery

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Does not compute.

I cheat and use crescent rolls. I know I'll get some hate but it tastes really great! The recipe is an adaptation of one from Holly Clegg. I wasn't a big fan of the icing in her recipe, which was a mix of confectioners sugar, milk, and vanilla.

Cake Ingredients
2 8 oz. cans crescent rolls
6 oz. cream cheese
3 Tbsp. confectioner's sugar
1.5 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Tbsp. butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon

Icing (Buttercream Glaze):
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons milk
Purple, Green, and Yellow sugar sprinkles

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 10-inch round pizza pan with cooking spray.

Beat cream cheese, confectioner's sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until creamy. Remove from mixer and set aside in a bowl

Combine butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and a beat gently in a mixer until thoroughly mixed...

Remove crescent rolls from can - do not separate the rolls - leave them in one big role and press perforations together. Do this on a flat surface. Do not try to form into a circle. You will do that later. Just make two big rectangles.

Spread cream cheese mixture over dough. Try to spread over whole section that will be the bottom of the cake since you will fold one end of the dough over.
Spread brown sugar / cinnamon mixture over cream cheese. Fold dough over filling and press ends together. Form a ring from the two cans of crescent rolls and press ends together.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Let cool for 30 minutes.

Buttercream Icing:
Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract.
Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3-4 minutes. When ready to ice the cake, microwave icing for 20 seconds and stir. Microwave more if needed until glaze consistency is achieved. Drizzle king cake with icing. Add sugar sprinkles (if desired). I'll usually do a 3rd of the cake with each color.

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I get it, just poking fun at bakery/brisket. Smoked Brisket King cake will probably be the next big craze anyway.

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HA.

I actually don't really eat sweets because I was surrounded by it for so long.

Would not be surprised to see it. They do burgers with Crispy Creme donuts.

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It's much easier to buy a King Cake

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No doubt. They are a mess to make and take hours from start to finish. I would say if you are gonna do it, do multiple.