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Hi, we are visiting Flaine for the first time this year and our sons 6th birthday is the day after we arrive. I am looking to buy a birthday cake locally-nothing flashy just something for him to blow candles out and 10 kids to demolish. The hotel(Le Totem) has "kindly" offered to make a cake for our party of 18 at 5 euros per person!!!! Ahem! Not really what I was thinking! Any ideas anyone who knows the resort. Would bring one of Asda's finest novelty cakes with us but don't think it will survive baggage handling!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Been to Flaine on my birthday the last 2 years, and my boyfriend has always bought a cake out there! In Flaine Foret (just above the Forum, 5 mins walk away by the orange box, funicular railway) is a Spa mini market, and next to that is a gorgeous bakery that sells lovely cakes and pastries. If you go up there on arrival, you would def be able to get one for the following eve, not sure on price, but certainly cheaper than the hotel (although prob not as cheap as Asda!!)
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vixthevet, The bakery (called Le Moulin Blanc) is excellent. We use it most days when we're there. It's usually my birthday in HT but not this year.
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| ClaireM wrote: |
| Been to Flaine on my birthday the last 2 years, and my boyfriend has always bought a cake out there! In Flaine Foret (just above the Forum, 5 mins walk away by the orange box, funicular railway) is a Spa mini market, and next to that is a gorgeous bakery that sells lovely cakes and pastries. If you go up there on arrival, you would def be able to get one for the following eve, not sure on price, but certainly cheaper than the hotel (although prob not as cheap as Asda!!) |
Thanks very much-will certainly check it out!
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| billb wrote: |
| vixthevet, The bakery (called Le Moulin Blanc) is excellent. We use it most days when we're there. It's usually my birthday in HT but not this year. |
Cheers-thanks for everyone's help. Glad I discovered snowheads!
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My daughter`s birthday is at Christmas, and the hotel ( Ski Total ) has twice made a big choc cake for free. Any French restaurant worth their salt will always treat a youngster to free gateaux when it is birthday time ( or we have been very lucky)
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We used to spend Christmas, and thus the eldest's birthday on 23rd December, in Niederau in Austria - and the hotel would always produce a large chocolate torte with candles etc for him. I think this just got lost in the bill somewhere, we never quite knew what we were going to pay till the end and it never seemed o go up over the years. Perhaps we were lucky.
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Shimmy Alcott, Colin the Caterpillars are the best value shop bought imo Has to be the genuine M&S though. While we're on the subject of Birthdays in the Alps, helium balloons travel fairly well in a roofbox and up to about 1800m. You're pushing your luck to get them home again though.
I'll have to arrange a surprise weekend away one early Feb for Public Enemy who has never had the pleasure of celebrating in the snow. He is going to get a special 16th ski/hockey cake next weekend crafted by a clever friend though.
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vixthevet, cakes from a good quality French patisserie will generally cost around 2/3 euros per person/helping. They bear no resemblance to anything you can buy at Asda though. 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Lou wrote: |
| He is going to get a special 16th ski/hockey cake next weekend crafted by a clever friend though. |
Here it is, not one to travel with. I've already had to call the ski tech in to do some hasty repairs after carrying it from my friend's car.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Lou, now that's clever - I wish I could decorate cakes like that! Happy 16th to Public Enemy!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lou, the only possible fly in the ointment could be a BA cabin crew strike. I've got a bad feeling that there will be one in the next month or so.
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He will be going skiing at the end of that week though, so can't complain.
then to top it all off the hotel must have liked us as they dropped off all of their display Easter choc stuff in our room one night (like chocs on your pillow). We must have had a hundred Euros worth (it was a VERY nice hotel). 
