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petit gateau

petit gateau is the alternative form of petit gâteau.

Meaning of petit gâteau

Noun

petit gâteau (countable and uncountable, plural petits gâteaux)

  1. A French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling.
    • The next recipe is for one of the best of all petits gâteaux; little cups of choux paste are filled with crème patissière^([sic]) and finished on top with burnt icing sugar.1956, Constance Spry, Rosemary Hume, “Pâtisserie, Petits Fours, Petits Gâteaux, and Gros Gâteaux”, in The Constance Spry Cookery Book, London: J. M. Dent and Sons, published 1964, →ISBN, page 867

Forms of petit gateau

pluralpetits gateaux

Questions about petit gateau

What is petit gateau the alternative form of?
Petit gateau is the alternative form of petit gâteau.

Words near petit gateau in the dictionary

  1. Petit Canouan
  2. petit final
  3. petit finals
  4. petit four
  5. petit fours
  6. petit gateau
  7. petit gâteau
  8. petit juries
  9. petit jury
  10. petit larcenies
  11. petit larceny

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