I was thinking of skipping this one, but people at work had been wondering when I was going to bring another cake in, since the last one I actually brought to work was Sybil’s Pecan Torte, which was over a month ago. I had already done some serious baking the week I made this, but it was the no-bake whipped cream cheesecake, which I’ll blog about later (probably for free choice week for the 31st), and my husband won’t let me take cheesecake out of the house. Seriously! He asked if I was planning on taking it to work and I said, “Probably not, it’s kind of messy. Why?” “Because it’s cheesecake. I’m putting my foot down.” *stomps foot* “You can’t take this to work.” So, I decided to put together the Gateau Breton, because it’s supposed to be really quick and easy, and I had all the ingredients. Plus, it was the next on the Heavenly Cake Bakers list, and I’m nothing if not lazy when it comes to decision making.

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Somehow, even though I made this week’s selection for the heavenly cake bakers last week, I’m still sitting here at nearly 10pm (scratch that, it’s at least 10:15 by the time this gets posted) on Monday, the day we all post, writing up my post. This week’s selection is the Saint Honore Trifle. The most challenging part of this for me was finding strawberries that were worth eating, let alone paying for. I also didn’t have a trifle dish, so, like Jenn of Knitty Baker, I made it in individual servings.
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