Did I Hear Beignets?

When you live in New Orleans, you tend to do things a little differently and celebrating birthdays are no different. Birthday cake down here is unique when compared to other parts of the country. We could celebrate with the same birthday song and the traditional birthday cake but what fun would that be? Here our birthday cakes usually have a little plastic baby baked in it that you could easily choke on. I've never heard any stories that someone choked on a plastic king cake baby but I've noticed the little baby no longer in the cake but sitting on the cake. I imagine that an accident had to happen for them to change a tradition that has been around for so long.

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Erring on the side of caution we decided to start a new tradition for a certain someone's birthday _{^{(It's @firecajun9262 but shhhhh he's kinda upset that he and I are the same age again)}}. Instead of sticking to normal NOLA tradition of a birthday king cake and possibly choking on the little plastic baby, we decided to go to Cafe Du Monde and have birthday beignets and let me tell you... that was a freaking awesome idea!! Birthday treats have never tasted so good!!

Fried and sugary goodness!! This is a very rare treat for us and even though it's been a few years since we were here, they never disappoint and all of a sudden you're sitting there with a powder sugar mustache wondering why it took you so long to make another trip. Especially when you live only ten minutes away.

Their signature coffee is a Café au lait, it's bold and strong and made with hot milk. They even offer a frozen version for those of us who prefer a 'frappé' styled coffee. If you ever come to NOLA... I highly recommend you give yourself a little treat and try the beignets at Cafe Du Monde, you will come back for more, I promise.