How to Make Vintage Style Petits Fours | Less Sweet!

Fondant Fancies which also known as Petits fours are fanciful cakes traditionally eaten at teatime.
In fact, the name Petit Four translate as “small oven”
They often have multiple thin layers of cake; with a fruit glaze in the middle, covered in fondant or icing and usually adorned with intricate decorations.
My iced version of Petits Fours is a cotton sponge cake with vanilla buttercream in the middle and covered in white chocolate.
I found that buttercream and white chocolate is a great alternative for those who find the fruit glaze and fondant or icing slightly too sweet.
I hope that you will enjoy the recipe :)

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In this video list of tools and ingredients that I used in creating this project
♥ Baking:

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:01 Prepare Modelling Chocolate
02:11 Making Sponge Cake
05:02 Making Buttercream
07:01 Cut, Fill and Divide the Cake
09:20 Prepare the Chocolate Coating
10:09 Coat the cake
10:57 Making the Modelling Chocolate Roses
14:07 Decorate the bottom part of the cake with Straight Frill Cutter
15:04 Arrange the flower on the Cake

VINTAGE PETITS FOURS
Yield: 9 pieces (One 32 cm x 18 cm rectangular pan)
Active Time: 2 ½ hours
Total Time: 3 ½ hours

MODELLING CHOCOLATE
200 g White Chocolate Compound
50 g Corn Syrup
Food Colouring (water/ oil based/ powder or candy colouring)

SPONGE CAKE
60 g Egg Yolks
45 g Vegetable Oil
55 g Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
80 All-Purpose Flour
1 tbsp Corn Starch
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
90 Egg Whites
70 g Granulated Sugar

BUTTERCREAM
30 g Egg Whites
A pinch of Salt
1/2 tbsp Granulated Sugar
60 g Water
50 g Granulated Sugar
85 g Unsalted Butter
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

CHOCOLATE COATING
400 g White Chocolate Compound
1 tsp Vegetable Oil
Candy Colouring or Food Colouring Powder

BAKING TEMPERATURE & TIME
170°C - 25 Minutes

NOTES
Petits Fours should be stored in an airtight container in a cool place and eaten with 2 days.

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound 💓

[lisahinton]

I can tell from your videos that you are a genuinely kind and sweet person. You complimented the shop in London, complimented the book and its author, used stuffed animals to do a cute skit for all of us, and thanked your dad for the teapot.

This was truly beautiful artwork and I enjoyed it immensely. How I would have liked to have reached through the screen and eaten that petit four right off that plate!

Thank you so much.

[maiushy]

I love the perfect straight edges of your petit fours and the beautiful vintage design. These look so sophisticated and delicious.

[isabeltorres]

You are a Beautiful Master!!!!💙💚💜💛Your voice and the flowers make me almost cry. Thank you so very much.

[missbathoryferenc]

These petit fours are so beautiful! I love the way you made the roses. Your video is very inspiring and also very relaxing ❤

[Kemo-vy]

This is the best and most easy petits fours cakes that I have seem made. The steps are detailed and well explained and not complicated with the ingredients. Really well done and just beautiful.

[deechr]

Your skills at art and beauty are amazing.

[rayanansi]

Stunning from start to finish! Thank you for being so detailed about how you made the roses, people usually breeze by that step and I find it the most tricky.

[irisroyal]

I like your voice and the cute finger cake. Would you make more of this or do you have a book?

[smithkaren]

Beautiful! 💙🤍🩷💚 I love the animals too! So adorable! 🥰

[shelleymariejohnson]

I love this video! I watch it over and over. Your little helper is so adorable too.

[lilikendang]

Thank you for your sharing this recipe🙏. Its very nice and so beautiful😍❤

[tammys]

Beautiful little cakes. Thank you for sharing how to make them.

[tinjadog]

These take me back to my childhood. Merci beaucoup!

[the.sugar_coatedbd]

Your voice is so soothinggg.. I loved the recipeee!!! Can I make moist cake and add no frosting or filling while making it?? Will it taste good?? ❤

[helenwoodrum]

They are beautiful, that is for sure. Great work! They aren't the bite size petite fours I've seen. So is their size because they are vintage?

[miriamaormsby]

You are amazing, , , such great instrucrions.. thank you for sharing...simply am keen to try these....

[olgajaramillomarin]

Que belleza, gracias por compartir esas maravillas!!!

[dylanjohnston]

I've been looking for a lovely Petits fours recipe for my Aunt; She just got out of the hospital .
I wanted to make her something special, and not to be to overwhelming like a tiered cake.
Do have a question, where did you find the leaves and bottom trim molds?

[DiDiLark]

These Petits Fours are so very beautiful. I can't wait to make them myself. Thank you so much for the time and patience you take in all your explanations and demonstrations. Just one little tip: In English we do not pronounce the L in half - we say haf (I know English has so many words that are spelled in ways that don't make any sense.) - Best wishes in all your dreams of having a cake shop.

[Hello-kusi]

What can I use as a substitute for corn syrup?