charlys-room: Christmas Petit Fours {Christmas Cookie Week #ChristmasCookies}

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Christmas Petit Fours {Christmas Cookie Week #ChristmasCookies}

Hello everyone! I cannot believe it's Day 4 of cookie week already. It's been so fun sharing some of my Christmas baking with you! I hope you have been inspired and found a new recipe or two from among the 8 bloggers partying together!

My 'cookie' today is actually something very simple for the non-baker! It's made with pound cake that you buy at the grocery store, and then you add special touches at home to create a special little somethin' somethin' that looks pretty on any Christmas plate!

This is also a great project to make with kids and perfect for the super busy mom who doesn't enjoy baking.

Here's how it's done!

Christmas Petit Fours

Ingredients:

Pound cake, cut into one inch cubes

Icing sugar {powdered sugar for frosting}

Red food colouring

Christmas sprinkles

Directions:

1. Using a medium size bowl, make thin icing with water and icing sugar. Add red food colouring.Make sure that it's fairly thin to that the pound cake cubes can be coated with the frosting.

2. Place one or two pound cake cubes on a skewer. Dip into frosting in bowl and use spoon to help pour frosting over cubes until fully coated.

3. Place cubes on cooling rack and add sprinkles to tops. Let dry.

{Shown below are Valentine's Petit Fours}