There is some animal that decides to bake some bread and asks for help from the other animals.
I remember it going something like this:

Who wants to help me gather wheat for my bread?

"Not I", said the pig
"Not I", said the red hen

She then asks about all the ingredients, one by one, and nobody wants to help.

"Not I", said the ......"


At the end of the story the animal wants to know who will help her eat the bread.

"I will", said the pig
"I will", said the red hen

etc...

At the end, the animal said, "No you won't. I will sit here and eat it myself." And she did.

What is this book?

I could be wrong, but I believe it was "The Little Red Hen", and it was the hen who did all the work without help and then ate the bread herself.

At least that's how I remember it when Grandma used to read me the story as a boy.

Jelp got it. The Little Red Hen.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18735

That's it! Thanks Jelp.

Thanks to you too Dorian. I just read it from your link.

I have this book in my attic somewhere.