oh la la! tres bien!

I am lost on this custom guessing getting teh golden bauble means he wins something?

yeah pretty much lol he gets a crown too if im right

Yeah, and he has to buy the next cake

Ok I had only ever heard of it on a show where they made a ring one for mardi gras lol and that was forever ago

And the official Mardi Gras colors are purple, green and gold

Basically it's a French tradition : in the cake you have two hidden items one being a small figure and the other a broad bean. Whoever ends up with the small figure has to buy a cake next time and is crowned king, the person who gets the small figure has to buy a bottle of wine for the next time ;) ( sometimes the rewards switch ).
Here where I live ( France - yes I know an italian guy living in france is weird ) this kind of tradition is followed by a ton of people and bakers do follow it eagerly. It's also a nice time for collectors as those small figures differ from baker to baker but you can get anything really. HTe most common ones are small figures linked to christmas ( the three Mages, Joseph, Mary, the baby Jesus ) or just remotely linked to it ( the farmer, the blacksmith, the baker,etc...) - that tradition inherits a lot from christianity to begin with - but it can also be simple landscapes from different regions, or even famous buildings and in the kid's versions of these you can even have modern figures ( like Spongebob :P )

YAY YUMMIEEEZZZZZZ

isnt that the same like teh kings bean tradition?

Delicious.

Little bit of trivia:

In France, (where this is celebrated), it's an etiquette faux-pas for the President to wear a crown. (because, you know, french revolution etc.)

So, at the Elysée, on kings cake day, the pie on the president's table is required by law to not have the bauble inside it.

I don't speak French and ur one of my favorite artists that I just found out about so I suck therefore