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petits gâteaux

petits gâteaux is the plural 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

Origin of petits gâteaux

From French petits gâteaux.

Questions about petits gâteaux

What is petits gâteaux the plural of?
Petits gâteaux is the plural of petit gâteau.

Words near petits gâteaux in the dictionary

  1. Petitos
  2. petits
  3. Petits Bassets Griffons Vendéens
  4. petits fours
  5. petits gateaux
  6. petits gâteaux
  7. petits maîtres
  8. petits pois
  9. petits soupers
  10. petits-chevaux
  11. petits-maîtres

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