Cake-off: Frédéric Cassel's Breteuil over Lenôtre's Feuille d'Automne

Since yesterday was a hard running day (which isn't causing any particular problems other than general fatigue), I planned a lighter day today. I did my 25-minute weights indoor upper-body workout and then went out to Ginza Mitsukoshi by bicycle. I was prepared to get JPH's standard chocolate cake and then go on to a little shop for a third-round match of one-and-one cakes, but Frédéric Cassel was selling their standard version Breteuil again, so I got that and the Feuille d'Automne from the neighboring Lenôtre counter for a third-round match of shops from the winner's bracket, at match-up that had been delayed. I took them home, and after a little other morning shopping, I did the cake-off before the running (or lunch), figuring that after a long run I'm not actually a good judge of cake.

The smooth fruity pistachio nuttiness of Breteuil easily won. Fortunately, Feuille d'Automne is an excellent companion cake, with a simple mild chocolate flavor with a lot of sweet and texture (though I definitely want tea with it to cut the sweetness, even alternating with a creamy cake).

That's the last of this year's cake-off. Recapping the year, the 11 undefeated cakes after three rounds are the following:
Au Bon Vieux Temps' Marjolaine;
Éclat des Jours's Baked Cheesecake;
Frédéric Cassel's Breteuil, Inspiration Passion Framboise, & Tan Gram;
Jean-Paul Hévin's Mont-Blanc;
Paris S'éveille's Monsieur Arnaud, Saint Honoré Caramel, & Theatre;
Toshi Yoroizuka's Saint-Marc;
Yu Sasage's Perfum.
I look forward to pitting them against each other next year for a fourth round.

Worked on the neighborhood course, but didn't actually successfully do any loops. I was only out about 2.75 hours and took a number of pictures down around Aobadai area, where I've never actually learned the route and have only been crossing through them perpendicular to their orientation. Only had to make a could adjustments and hope to try tomorrow.