charlys-room: Valentine Petit Fours

Valentine Petit Fours.

Despite the fancy french name, they are really only tiny little cakes that are dressed up for a party.

You are really going to love how easy this is...and it`s a great project to make with children.

It is that easy.

And in case you have never heard of this dessert before, petit fours are traditionally small confections served for dessert.

Petit Four literally means ``small oven`` and petit fours can not only be cakes, but pastries, biscuits, cheesecakes and any other confection...but they are always small or ``petit``.

Valentine Petit Fours

Ingredients:
Pound cake, cut into 1 inch cubes
1-2 cups Icing sugar
Food colouring or tint for icing
A few tablespoons of water.
Valentine`s sprinkles.

Directions:
1. Make icing. Mix together approx. 2 cups of icing sugar with a few tablespoons of water with a whisk to make a thin consistency. The icing should be thin enough so that it can be poured over cakes, or cakes can be dipped into.

2. Put a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet. Place cubes of cake on the cooling rack. This will allow for the extra icing from the cakes to drip into the cookie sheet instead of the counter.

3. Although the traditional method is pouring icing over the cakes, I prefer dipping the cubes into the icing. I find there is less waste this way. Put each cube on a skewer and dip into icing until fully coated. You can also use a spoon to help spread the icing over the cake. Place cake cube on cooling rack on cookie sheet. Sprinkle on some love...Valentine's sprinkles.

{After the first few cubes are done, if you find that the icing is too thin and is running off the cakes entirely, it is okay to add more icing sugar to the mixture to make it a little thicker. You can also re-dip the first few cubes if necessary.}

5. Let petit fours dry for an hour or until icing is set.