petits fours

Variant of petit four

petit four definition

pe·tit four (pet′ē fôr′; Fr pə tē fo̵̅o̅r′)

a small cake cut from spongecake, etc. in any of various shapes and decorated with icing

Etymology: Fr, small cake < petit, small + four, cake, lit., oven < L furnus: see furnace

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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