ROSE’S heavenly CAKES: Gateau Breton (page 69) became my main project for the Kona mango festival. 6 layers were baked and each was topped with different fruit jams:
5″ is figs with cinnamon
7″ is guava
9″ is scrub cherry
11″ is jaboticaba
13″ is lulo
15″ is kitembilla
and the cutting board that you see is a work of art from artisan carpenter and ohia forest farmer Denver Leaman (po box 937, kealakekua, hawaii 96750, 808-328-8080):
and here is a cameo video of my tastings: