Breton Apple Pie

A gâteau Breton is a wonderful French cake, very much like a dense pound cake, and a specialty of Brittany. This nontraditional version adds a cooked apple filling between the two layers of dough. The crust is easy to prepare—you just press it into the pan. For the top crust you’ll need a couple of cake cardboards or tart pan bottoms the same diameter as the pan. My dear friend Stephanie Weaver gave me this recipe close to 30 years ago and I have made it countless times, al