What you'll need

Directions

Working Method

Mix cake according to manufacturer’s instructions.  Deposit 3 lbs of prepared batter into sprayed and papered half sheet cake pans. Bake at 350°F until cake springs back lightly when touched. Let cool completely and freeze. 

Place the cakes belly side down on a cake board. Using a speed icer, coat the top of the cake with approximately 1 lb 8 oz white buttercreme and smooth with a spatula: freeze. Cut the iced sheet cakes into 1 ½” squares and place on glazing racks. Place back in freezer if cakes have warmed.

Mix together 2 parts flat icing and 1 part glaze and heat . Pour warmed glaze over frozen cake pieces and place back in freezer to set.

Place 2 different sized leaf tips and an open tip in pastry bags and fill with red buttercreme. Place a grass tip and a small French star tip in pastry bags and fill with yellow buttercreme. Place a leaf tip and drop flower tip in pastry bags and fill with green buttercreme. Use these bags to create holiday designs on the petit fours.

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