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Le Grand-Bornand Takes The Cake

All of France celebrates Epiphany with the galette des rois, the 'king cake', but ski area Le Grand-Bornand really pulls out all the stops in early January. It serves up a gigantic 1.7 m cake made by the Maison Bétemps, the only artisan bakery with an oven capable of handling anything so huge.

Le Grand-Bornand Takes The Cake

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All of France celebrates Epiphany with the galette des rois, the 'king cake', but ski area Le Grand-Bornand really pulls out all the stops in early January.

It serves up a gigantic 1.7 m cake made by the Maison Bétemps, the only artisan bakery with an oven capable of handling anything so huge.

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All of France celebrates Epiphany with the galette des rois, the 'king cake', but ski area Le Grand-Bornand really pulls out all the stops in early January. It serves up a gigantic 1.7 m cake made by the Maison Bétemps, the only artisan bakery with an oven capable of handling anything so huge.

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