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So here I am on a cold, wet and miserable Friday thinking about 'dainty' for Jeane's Sugar High Friday. Instead of creating great slabs of chocolate cake or man-sized portions of Pavlova she picks petits fours ... bloody petits fours.
After filling the tins for the Sunken Chocolate Muffins the remainder of the mix went into a shallow dish and was baked alongside the muffins. Once cooled this was cut into small rounds using a screw-cap from a wine bottle. Nothing if not resourceful.
Using raspberry jam a few of these were formed into sandwiches. Four 'sandwiches' were rolled in the jam and then in crushed hazelnuts. I ate all of those before I remembered I was supposed to be taking pictures. The three pictured here were drizzled with a little icing (as you can see I can't do icing either as it has a rather translucent quality!) and topped with shavings of chocolate. You can't really tell the size from the pic, but they are about an inch tall if stood upright. Not sure if they count as petits fours and they can't really be described as dainty... but they tasted damn fine.
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From: Bonnie (October 27, 2006 4:44 PM)
Much better than my poor effort! They look lovely!
From: faith (October 28, 2006 1:59 AM)
Oh wow - these look so good. I hear ya on the dainty thing - I am always trying and failing to pull off the ethereal effect. But who cares - these look like substantial little logs of chocolate excellence.
From: Mae (October 28, 2006 8:54 PM)
and they look damn fine!
It's obvious you don't give yourself much credit. Which you really should.
These looks great. Perfect small food. Or shall i say dainty?
From: Andrew (October 28, 2006 10:54 PM)
Oh, thanks people.. they tasted fine.. but certainly not dainty fine ;-)
From: Jeanne (October 29, 2006 11:45 PM)
Aaaah, first you liked my manly canapes, and now non-dainty, manly petit fours :o) You're such a *boy*!!!
LOL - these look great, as do the muffins from whence they came. Thanks for playign along!
From: johanna (October 30, 2006 2:28 PM)
they look absolutely delightful... what a great idea!
From: Brilynn (October 30, 2006 6:41 PM)
They may not be manly, but they sure do look tasty, nice job.
From: Bron (October 30, 2006 9:15 PM)
They look pretty good to me,
besides I'm thinking they wouldn't be around very long to have much of a look!
From: Y (October 30, 2006 11:02 PM)
Hilarious AND innovative! The Thinking Man's petit four :)
From: ilingc (November 2, 2006 11:52 AM)
dainty or not i'm all for anything with chocolate in/on it! and i like how you used a wine bottle cap to cut it. great idea considering you don't 'do' dainty :)