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dinnerware pattern offers them – usually as the interchangeable salad/dessert plate. In addition, several manufacturers offer course. It offers three different but complimentary dessert plates plus a sundae cup, also known as a small compote dish. Beyond assorted sets which are especially useful for this. For example, Raynaud’s Paradis pattern is the perfect example of what is available for the dessert that there are not one, not two, not three, but four different size pedestal dessert plates. Now that is a company, like me, that believes in dessert.

Queen Victoria’s 1840 wedding cake was a single-tier fruit cake weighing more than an astounding 21 stone. Covering in white icing, the cake reportedly had busts of the couple on the top and it sparked the trend for white wedding cakes.

Compote dishes, as mentioned above, are another piece of the dessert collection one should have in their repertoire. These small pedestal dishes are great for ice creams, desserts with sauces or fruits and can also be used for individual appetizers as well. I’ve seen shrimp cocktail, or ceviche, along with many other appetisers served in them –proving these compote dishes are a must for everyone. They are available in porcelain, like the aforementioned Raynaud’s Paradis collection, but also are available in glass and metal. Vietri offers a beautiful hand painted glass compote dish called Regalia in four different colors. Likewise, you can find an ultra-elegant compote dish from Arte Italica in their glass Vetro collection, or if needed for a more casual dessert presentation, the Eternity individual compote from Skyros is perfect. As a side note, the comeback of the coupe champagne glass has also served as a perfect individual compote dish. Who doesn’t love a glass with a dozen uses?!

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