In the 18th century, baking was a slightly more involved process than it is today. Back then, French bakers relied on ovens that took quite a long time to heat up, and even longer to cool down. So, after they were done making their breads for the day à grand fours (“at large oven,” i.e., at full heat), they would take the opportunity to use their oven’s residual heat to bake small, delicate pastries à petit fours (“at small oven,” i.e., at diminishing heat). Though ovens have changed over the years, the fandom for petit fours cakes has only grown. We’re certainly fans, which is precisely why we’re introducing Trader Joe’s Petit Fours Mousse Cakes to our bakery tables for the holidays.

Each package contains nine elegantly decorated, two-or-three-bite-sized Petit Fours Cakes in three distinct styles: three rich chocolate Cakes layered with silky chocolate Mousse, covered in a dark chocolatey coating; three vanilla Cakes layered with velvety vanilla Mousse, covered in a sweet vanilla coating and topped with pearl sugar; and three chocolate Cakes layered with smooth coffee Mousse, covered in a mocha coating and topped with bits of dark chocolate and sugar. Ideal for serving at holiday parties and get-togethers of all kinds, these light, sweet, and texturally refined Petit Fours Mousse Cakes make a great inclusion for a dessert table, a lovely host or hostess gift when visiting friends or family, and a delightfully decorative addition to an after- dinner pie or cake plate after a holiday feast.