Although of Moorish origin, we have always remembered these sweet potato-filled cascas at home.
In our minds, there was no Three Kings’ Eve without a casca, and it was the most eagerly awaited sweet—at least until the roscón (of French origin) arrived well into the 1960s and 1970s.
The casca was always given individually from godparents to godchildren as a tradition, and the following popular song was sung:
Senyor Rei, ja estic ací,
porte’m casques per a mi,
Les garrofes i la palla,
per al seu (senyor) rossí…








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