King Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter
4 1/2 teaspoons yeast
2/3 cup warm water (110)
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
5 1/2 cups flour
Filling
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2/3 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup melted butter
Frosting
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 -2 tablespoon water
1 cup powdered sugar
green sugar crystals
purple sugar crystals
yellow sugar

Preparation

Scald milk remove from heat and stir in butter. Allow to cool to room temperature.
In a large mixing bowl dissolve yeast in water and 1tbsp of sugar for ten minutes.
Add cooled milk to yeast mixture along with remaining sugar, salt and nutmeg. Whisk in eggs.
Add flour 1 cup at a time until dough pulls away from the side of the bowl.
Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead 8-10 minutes.
Place dough in a well oiled bowl, turn to coat dough. Set in a warm area to rise for two hours.
Punch down dough and divide in half. Roll each half into a square 10 inches by 16 inches.
Combine filling ingriedients and put half on each piece of dough. Roll up jelly roll style bring ends together to form 2 oval shaped rings.
Place rings on cookie sheets covered by parchment paper.
With scissors cut 1/3 of the way threw dough at one inch intervals.
Place pans in warm area to rise again for 45 minutes.
Pre-heat oven to 350, bake for 30 minutes rotating pans half way threw.
Cool on cookie racks for ten minutes. Prepare frosting and drizzle over cakes. sprinkle green, yellow and purple sugar in stripes over the top.