"Gateau" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is applicable to a preparation composed of various ingredients, as appareil de gateau (mixture ...
— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 • Various
... When we had finished putting up our tents, we lay down for a late lunch of bully-beef sandwiches and cake and watched Mademoiselle and the family digging the field. Then at the other's instigation I offered Mademoiselle a piece of the cake you sent me as my "gateau de marriage," telling her I had been married vingt-cinq anees. It is always well to conciliate the native. To-night I went to tea with the Battalion, several spare officers have arrived out from our depot Battalion. They all have tents ...
— Letters from France • Isaac Alexander Mack |
