Petit Fours

Pronounced 'petty for', not 'petite four'. Don't sound like an idiot like I did :).

Petit fours are elegant bite sized deserts. They are most often small layered cakes, soaked in simple syrup and covered with a fondant or a glaze.

Petit fours are a perfect fit for tea parties and bridal showers. A tower of petit fours could be a unique alternative to a wedding cake.

These step describe how to make raspberry almond petit fours coated with a white chocolate ganache.

Step 1 Ingredients

Cake
I baked a white almond wedding cake using this recipe.

Frosting
I used store bought cream cheese frosting.

Filling

• 12 oz raspberries
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3/4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch

Ganache

• 1 bag white chocolate chips
• 2/3 cups heavy cream

NOTE: This ganache was still sticky after it dried. If you would prefer a hard coating, 1 package of melted candy coating squares with a couple tablespoons of shortening is a great alternative.

Comments

[Quinner60]

Hi

To avoid the cakes from tipping.........I use jelly roll pans, petit fours are just around 1" and much easier to hand and are more delicate looking

[f13sh34t3r]

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[wizgirl]

Overnight, or until they are frozen solid.

[tbcross]

Nice instructable you should put it in the wedding contest!!

[tbcross]

and could you do a wedding cake ible? Sorry, can you tell I'm getting married soon? Because this looks so good!

[wizgirl]

thanks! maybe i'll work on a wedding cake ible after i get done eating all of the petit fours.

[roselle diez]

wow!!!!! it looks very delecious

[MoreThanRainbows]

That looks really great!