Petite Fours
Recipe: #27664
August 18, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Baby Shower, Brunch, Christmas, Easter, Mothers Day, Valentine's Day, Vegetarian, Flour, more
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Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (85.1 g)
- Calories 294.2
- Total Fat - 3.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 0.8 mg
- Sodium - 111.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 66.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 60.9 g
- Protein - 1 g
- Calcium - 44 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2
Grease and flour jelly roll pan, 15x10x1.
Step 3
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, mixing well.
Step 4
Add shortening, milk and vanilla, mixing just until combined.
Step 5
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Step 6
Carefully fold egg whites into cake batter in two stages.
Step 7
Pour into pan.
Step 8
Bake 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.
Step 9
Cut into small 2 inch shapes. Squares, circles, diamonds, hearts, etc.
Step 10
Mix all icing ingredients together on top of a double boiler, heating just till lukewarm.
Step 11
Remove from heat and leave over hot water to keep consistency thin. If necessary drops of water can be added until spreading consistency.
Step 12
Place a few of your cut out shapes upside down on a wire rack over a large bowl.
Step 13
Pour icing over top of cut out shapes so that they are entirely covered. Repeat with all cut outs.
Step 14
Icing that drips into bowl under rack can be reheated and used again.
Step 15
Decorate tops with dragees, candied flowers, decorator icing, etc.
Tips
No special items needed.