dessert plates

Pastry serving dishes

Dessert plates are smaller plates used for serving dessert, typically six to eight inches in diameter.

They sit between salad plates and dinner plates in a formal place setting.

The term also refers to a matching set: We need dessert plates that go with our china.

Related

cake · pastry · dainty · delicate · floral · gilt · tiered · tea · tea party · afternoon tea · scalloped · serving · dinner party · forks · crumbs · petit fours · elegant · wedding

Categories
Opposites
meal course served

dessert platesdinner plates

Dishes for main courses

salad plates · soup bowls · large plates · bread plates

Family

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G