An experiment in Petit Fours

This month, Lizzy turned 9 and we hosted an American Girl party based on a Samantha mystery kit. Samantha is the doll whose books are set at the beginning of the 20th century. So, we decided to have an afternoon tea type of menu. Instead of creating a big cake, I decided that I would experiment with making my own Petit Fours. It was crazy! I baked the cake, iced the cake with buttercream, made a gazillion little gumpaste flowers (with a bunch of my favorite helpers), then we had to cut the petit fours and cover them with pourable fondant. It was a long process.

Let me just say, that was probably a one time experiment. They were very time consuming and the end product was not really any more impressive than a cute round cake would have been. However, the girls seemed delighted with the dainty little cakes and that made it better. Here are some photos of our Petit Four making extravaganza.