King Cake

Ingredients

• 4¾ cups plus 2½ tsp. (600 g) bread flour
• 1 ¼-oz. envelope active dry yeast (about 2¼ tsp.)
• 2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt
• 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ⅛ tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 cup whole milk
• 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into pieces
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 large egg, beaten to blend
• Vegetable oil (for bowl)
• Bread flour (for surface)
• ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
• ½ cup (packed; 100 g) light brown sugar
• 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• 9 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature, divided
• 3½ cups (385 g; or more) powdered sugar, sifted
• ¼ cup (or more) whole milk, room temperature
• 1½ Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 Tbsp. plus 1½ tsp. corn syrup (optional)
• ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt
• ½ tsp. vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp. almond extract (optional)
• Purple, green, and yellow or gold sanding sugar (for decorating)

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