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petit four
French · 1800s
"a small oven"
literally small oven, describing tiny cakes baked at a lower temperature after the main oven cooled
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petit four
English · 1884
"a small, bite-sized decorated cake or confection"
adopted directly for the small, bite-sized decorated cakes
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