Name: My frangipane-filled King's Cake: easy and light
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 people
Cuisine: Ile-de-France
Ingredients: 2 puff pastry; 50 g ofbutter; 50 g ofsugar; 100 g ofalmond flour; 3 eggs (including one for yellow (gilding)); 3 tbsp ofheavy cream; pastry whisk; Maryse; pastry brush; mixing bowl; paring knife

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Updated on 17 January 2026 by

toquetoque

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Cuisine

Ile-de-France

Diet

Vegetarian

Level

Easy

Calories

243 pour 100g

Preparation

30 minutes

Cooking

30 minutes

Here’s my recipe for a light and easy frangipane-filled galette des rois, just the way I make it for my family and coworkers.

I’m not a huge fan of heavy, sugary pastries myself, so I tried to strike the right balance between indulgence and lightness in this recipe…

I guess I did a pretty good job, since everyone keeps asking for more 🙂 As you’ll see, this homemade frangipane Galette des Rois is very simple to make—the key is choosing a good puff pastry!

And if you’re torn between a Galette and a Couronne des Rois, check out Petit Fréd’s recipe, which might just convince you to celebrate Epiphany the way they do in the South…

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2 puff pastry
50 g of butter
50 g of sugar
100 g of almond flour
3 eggs including one for yellow (gilding)
3 tbsp of heavy cream

1
Start by taking the butter out of the fridge and letting it soften; it should be very soft, almost melted.
Whisk all the ingredients for the batter together in a mixing bowl.
2
Roll out the first sheet of dough in the pan and prick it with a fork to prevent it from puffing up during baking.
Let at least 2 cm of the dough hang over the edge of the tart pan.
3
Mix all the filling ingredients together, then spread the mixture over the pricked pastry using a spatula, leaving a 2-cm border around the edge.
Now is the time to hide the charm in a spot known only to you!
4
Now seal the frangipane: moisten the edge of the first sheet of pastry with your wet fingers.
Unroll the second sheet of pastry and gently place it on top of the first.
5
Using your middle three fingers, press the two pieces of dough together all the way around to seal the edges.
6
It's time to decorate your King's Cake... Now you can let your creativity run wild!
Use the tip of a paring knife to draw arcs, grids, or whatever you like—the idea is to vent the top layer of dough so it doesn’t rise too much.
The Chef's Tip
Extra tip to prevent puffing: make a small indentation in the center of the cake with a precise cut of the knife!
7
As a bonus, here are a few design ideas you can use on your galette...
8
Preheat your oven to 200°C. Now
it’s time for the glaze, which will give your frangipane a beautiful, shiny, golden finish.
The Chef's Tip
My little secret: instead of using plain egg yolk, mix it with a little water, then brush your galette with this mixture using a pastry brush.
Thanks to the added water, the egg won’t burn during baking.
9
You can now put your galette in the oven to bake for 20 minutes .
It will come out crispy and perfectly golden!