Petit gâteau

Petit gâteau
	Petit gâteau served with vanilla ice cream
Alternative names	Chocolate fondant, fondant au chocolat
Type	Dessert
Place of origin	France
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Chocolate and wheat flour

A petit gâteau (lit. 'small cake'; plural: petits gâteaux), is a small cake created by Michel Bras and Erick Jacquin in 1981. In French-speaking countries a dessert of a petit gâteau with chocolate is referred to as "gâteau fondant au chocolat" or simply "chocolat fondant" ("melting chocolate").^{[citation needed]}

In the United States a dessert by the name "petit gâteau" has been popularized by some New York City restaurants since the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} It is composed of a small chocolate cake with crunchy rind and creamy filling that is conventionally served hot with vanilla ice cream on the side. Variations have come to include fruits and even alcoholic beverages, such as whisky.^{[citation needed]}

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