diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_test_case.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_test_case.test.php
index f88b9937867..e9f885fab52 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_test_case.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/cake_test_case.test.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function testAssertTagsQuotes() {
 			'/a'
 		);
 		$this->assertTrue($this->Case->assertTags($input, $pattern), 'Single quoted attributes %s');
-		
+
 		$input = "<a href='/test.html' class='active'>My link</a>";
 		$pattern = array(
 			'a' => array('href' => 'preg:/.*\.html/', 'class' => 'active'),
@@ -348,10 +348,10 @@ function testTestAction() {
 		), true);
 
 		$result = $this->Case->testAction('/tests_apps/index', array('return' => 'view'));
-		$this->assertPattern('/This is the TestsAppsController index view/', $result);
+		$this->assertPattern('/^\s*This is the TestsAppsController index view\s*$/i', $result);
 
 		$result = $this->Case->testAction('/tests_apps/index', array('return' => 'contents'));
-		$this->assertPattern('/This is the TestsAppsController index view/', $result);
+		$this->assertPattern('/\bThis is the TestsAppsController index view\b/i', $result);
 		$this->assertPattern('/<html/', $result);
 		$this->assertPattern('/<\/html>/', $result);
 
@@ -499,4 +499,4 @@ function testTestDispatcher() {
 
 		$return = $Dispatcher->dispatch('/tests_apps/index', array('autoRender' => 0, 'return' => 1, 'requested' => 1));
 	}
-}
+}
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diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
index 06a96b51dce..1d4b89eb569 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ function testCase(&$testCase) {
 	function _invoke(&$controller, $params, $missingAction = false) {
 		$this->controller =& $controller;
 
+		if (array_key_exists('layout', $params)) {
+			$this->controller->layout = $params['layout'];
+		}
+
 		if (isset($this->testCase) && method_exists($this->testCase, 'startController')) {
 			$this->testCase->startController($this->controller, $params);
 		}
@@ -828,4 +832,4 @@ function __array_permute($items, $perms = array()) {
 			return $permuted;
 		}
 	}
-}
+}
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