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Small Cakes
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Published 2025
- Cupcakes are iced by dipping the tops in a soft icing. Twist the cakes slightly and pull them out quickly in one smooth motion. Cupcakes may also be iced by spreading icing on with a spatula. Practice is necessary to develop speed and efficiency. A third method, perhaps the most popular, is to apply a swirl of icing to each cake using a pastry bag fitted with a star or plain tube. This method makes it easy to apply a generous quantity of icing.
- Petits fours are tiny cakes cut from sheet cakes. Select a cake that doesn’t crumble easily. Carefully cut it into desired shapes. Remove all crumbs and place the cakes on a rack over a sheet pan. Ice by pouring fondant or flat icing over them to cover completely.