I am looking for information on Mexican bakeries in the D.C. area where I might be able to get a Three Kings Cake next month. Thought you folks at DCist might have ideas.

Whether it’s called Rosca des Reyes, Dreikönigskuchen, Galette des Rois, or a Three Kings Cake, it’s time to start thinking about ordering one, should you choose to extend your holiday celebrations into the new year. January 6 marks the Christian Feast of the Epiphany — the day on which Kings Gaspar, Balthazar and Melchior (played by George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube in the movie version) allegedly presented gold, frankincense, and myrrh to kid Jesus in Bethlehem.

Three Kings Cake varies among cultures. German Dreikönigskuchen is often filled with pecans and fruit, whereas Spanish Epiphany Bread — or Rosca des Reyes — is more of a brioche “in the shape of a crown” and flavored with lemon and orange zest, brandy, orange flower water, candied fruits, and almonds. French Galette des Rois is a puff pastry filled with almond cream, sweetened with simple syrup icing. Its relative from New Orleans — a fruit-soaked, rainbow jimmies concoction — is much less traditional.