King Cakes have a tiny plastic baby baked into them. Tradition has it that whoever gets the the piece of cake with the baby in it is the king or queen of the party and everyone has to abide by their decree. A couple of minutes after slices of cake were passed out...
Katie's birthday cake was special because it was a King Cake! The King Cake has a tiny plastic baby baked into it, and whoever finds the little baby in their piece of cake is declared The King (or Queen) of the party and that means that WHATEVER they say, goes! Ahhh, the possibilities.
...Ellen's friend Terry! None of us really knew Terry that well - so after he found the baby in his piece of cake, people started explaining to him that since he was THE KING, everyone at the party would have to obey his every command or face PARTY BANISHMENT!
Siege's mom sent up this King Cake from New Orleans. Every King Cake has a little plastic baby baked into it (which leads me to believe you can't be sued for negligence in the state of Louisiana) - if you get the piece of cake that has the baby - you win a prize. And in the case of Siege's birthday party, that prize would be a lapdance from the girl of your choice at...drumroll please...