Bite-Sized Beauties :: Austin Wedding Cakes

Petits Fours are small squares of cake that are very dainty, delicate and easy to eat. However, they do take several hours to complete. Due to the several steps and detail involved (each one is hand made and decorated by me), they are priced higher than a traditional cake or even cupcakes.

For this wedding our client wanted three different flavors of petit fours in place of a traditional wedding cake. To make it still look "wedding" like we provided a mini tower and a silver cake plateau to complete the look.

Normally we stay and complete our event setup, but the weather was still over 100 degrees outside at the time of this particular delivery. Even though fondant acts as a protective layer on the cake, having the the petit fours sitting out for 2 hours until the cake was served was not a good idea and would have led to melting (a layer of buttercream is underneath the fondant) and spoilage.

Thankfully the staff at Umlauf Sculpture Garden was very helpful and kept the petits fours inside and then set them up for me and the clients about 20 minutes before they were to be served.