Golden surprise in galettes des rois

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AT this time of year many people will enjoy eating a galette des rois, but if you buy one from a boulangerie just outside Caen you could be in for a surprise.

Baker Julien Vitrebert will place two tiny ingots of gold, worth €400 (£386) each, in two of his galettes over the coming weeks, quite a change from the usual plastic toy that sees the winner wear a paper crown.

So you can expect quite a queue outside Julien Vitrebert's shop in Frénouville, and he has said he will be the only person who knows which two tarts will have the ingots, not even his wife will know.