Petit Fours

A combination of a few walls, a floor and a roof makes a house.  It takes people to turn it into one amazing thing called a HOME.  There really is no place like home.  And a new one always calls for celebrations.  These tiny pieces of cakes called petit fours were made for a housewarming party. 
The name is from the French petit four, meaning "small oven". Petits fours were traditionally made during the cooling process of coal powered, brick ovens in the 18th century. This was due to coal's high burning temperature, relative to wood, and its expense at the time. Wasting the heat produced was not an option.  And what a sweet idea that was...