In a sentence
Six example sentences with gateau, each labelled with its topic.
The pastry chef builds each gateau from six thin layers, brushing every one with syrup before the cream goes on.
Cooking
Every cafe on that square displays a gateau under glass, layered with chestnut cream and finished in dark chocolate.
Travel
The still life gives half the canvas to a gateau, its cream and candied fruit painted with absurd care.
Art
The bakery's chestnut gateau sells out by noon, so the owner doubled her Friday order of cream and eggs.
Business
In the novel's dinner scene the gateau arrives under a silver dome, and the guests fall silent at its seven layers.
Literature
The food photographer spent an hour lighting the gateau so that every layer of cream and sponge read clearly in the shot.
Photography
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