How Do You Make Petit Fours?
Petit fours are small cakes. They are traditionally a way for bakers to use up leftover ingredients, and were baked as the ovens were cooling at the end of the day. Today petit fours are made in their own right by many home bakers. Petit fours usually include a type of sponge cake and a filling, and are covered in icing. Step 1: Ingredients: • Sponge cake • Flavored syrup • Fillings • Icing • Marzipan (optional) Supplies: • Long serrated knife • Measuring cup • Cooling rack • Baking dish Step 2: Preparing the cake. Traditional petit fours are made with almond sponge cake, but you can use pound cake or any flavor of sponge cake that will stand up to the process of filling, cutting, and decorating that goes into making a petit four. Step 3: Making the cake into petit fours. Once the cake is baked and cooled, use a long serrated knife to split the cakes into layers. Once finished, your cakes will be approximately 1 inch square and 1 and a half to 2 inches high, but at this stage you are j
