Comments on: Birthday cake http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/comment-page-1/#comment-15330 Boris Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:43:50 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/#comment-15330 Hi Mark I think you are probably referring to the <a href="http://www.francethisway.com/wp/galettes-the-france-gastronomic-tradition/2008/01/" rel="nofollow">galette des rois</a> tradition. not really a birthday tradition, but children with birthdays around the time of year would very probably have a galette as a birthday cake. The object is called a feve (like the beans). Cheers Hi Mark
I think you are probably referring to the galette des rois tradition. not really a birthday tradition, but children with birthdays around the time of year would very probably have a galette as a birthday cake. The object is called a feve (like the beans).
Cheers

]]> By: mark http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/comment-page-1/#comment-15329 mark Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:35:07 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/#comment-15329 I was wondering if anyone could tell me about what I've heard is (or used to be) a French tradition. It has to do with birthday cakes. I may have this a bit wrong, but I believe that a small toy is hidden in a birthday cake, and whoever finds the toy in their piece of cake, they are the queen/king of the day (or party). Also, they get to pick their king or queen. What is this toy or object called? I can't seem to find it anywhere on line. Thanks! Mark I was wondering if anyone could tell me about what I’ve heard is (or used to be) a French tradition. It has to do with birthday cakes. I may have this a bit wrong, but I believe that a small toy is hidden in a birthday cake, and whoever finds the toy in their piece of cake, they are the queen/king of the day (or party). Also, they get to pick their king or queen. What is this toy or object called? I can’t seem to find it anywhere on line.
Thanks!
Mark

]]> By: Tony http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Tony Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:32:20 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/birthday-cake/2006/11/#comment-1682 Hi Boris, Sorry to hear about your bakery closing; as you rightly state, it's a bit like a bit of the France that we love closing down. There used to be a wonderful such bakery in Le Buisson on the right hand side of the road that leads to the Pont Vic. It was full of the wonderful smells of both bread and woodsmoke and you had to give the still warm bread a hefty smack to get all the flour and woodash of the surface before tucking in. I also remember that you had to buy more than you were 'instructed', to allow for that which you consumed on the way home! I'm still enjoying the blog and I like the colour scheme; suggest you send Mrs B to the optician to get her eyes checked out. Tony Hi Boris,

Sorry to hear about your bakery closing; as you rightly state, it’s a bit like a bit of the France that we love closing down.

There used to be a wonderful such bakery in Le Buisson on the right hand side of the road that leads to the Pont Vic. It was full of the wonderful smells of both bread and woodsmoke and you had to give the still warm bread a hefty smack to get all the flour and woodash of the surface before tucking in. I also remember that you had to buy more than you were ‘instructed’, to allow for that which you consumed on the way home!

I’m still enjoying the blog and I like the colour scheme; suggest you send Mrs B to the optician to get her eyes checked out.

Tony

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