Happy Valentine's Day!

So, as you may know, I have taken up the art of cake decorating. As I think I have said, I am not as much interested in the cake part as the decorating part, so when i found a shortcut to these "Valentine's Day Petit Fours," I thought, this is just for me! PERFECT!

Now, to give credit where credit is due, I stole the recipe and the picture "tutorial" from this website: http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2010/02/valentine-petit-fours.html but I didn't use all of her ideas.

I made these tonight for Spencer's teachers. He went over to his Nana's house for a little visit, and Matt was supposed to bring him home around 8:00, so it gave me just enough time to stroll through Target, then rush in to another local store that will remain nameless for the corn syrup that you will see at the end of the recipe, then come home and assemble. But I wanted you to see what I did so you can do it again, but improve upon it because I really didn't have much time to be creative.

So, here is what you start with: Oreo Cakesters, Fondant (storebought for me-remember-decorating not taste so much), a rolling pin and a little Wilton food coloring.


Next, I colored a little fondant pink. (TIP, use the white first, as the coloring will stain your hand and taint your white-oh, the horror)!




Because I was using 3 colors and had 12 cakesters, I first divided all my fondant into 3 sections, tinted the one section pink, then divided it into 4 sections. Maybe I am a little OCD, but it works for me! At least I knew how much I had for each one.





I rolled out one of my balls of fondant and layed it on top, cut around the edges, and tucked the edges in underneath.





So sweet...and it is hiding a delicious suprise!





I did it for all the colors and all the cakesters.





With the leftover fondant, I used heart cutters to make some toppings. Then I added corn syrup to the sides and dipped in sugar.







Ta dah, a final result!




One specially wrapped gift for a friend (girl) because Matt had to have one and to have one, he had to take 3 in order to keep the colors even. OCD again, but look at the next picture and you will see why.





Ta dah Ta dah, the final product. Hope his teachers like them.



It really didn't take that long, and didn't require too many skills. A lot easier than the footballs! If you want the real deal and some other cute ideas, visit the original website and let me know how yours turn out!
Blessings!