Many little bites of delight – the SHF #24 roundup

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… the Sugar High Friday#24 roundup! I must say – I set a challenging theme and you certainly rose to the challenge. I have seldom seen such varied and creative entries for a SHF – not to mention so many exquisite and delicious-sounding ones! Some were amusing, some were elegant, some were very ambitious, but all were made with care and love. Thank you to everybody who gave up their leisure time and slaved through the night to get their petit fours made and their posts up – I’m sure you’ll agree it was worth it for that first heavenly bite. I have my favourites, and after you read the roundup I’m sure you will have yours 😉 And a big thank you to Jennifer for allowing me to host Sugar High Friday!

Just a few words before we get into the contributions… I have double checked my e-mails, trackbacks and comments to try and catch all participants, but I’m human – I may have missed somebody. If that somebody is you, a thousand apologies. Let me know ASAP and I will correct matters. I hope also that I have all your names and locations filled in correctly – if there is an error there, give me a shout (some of you are coyer than others on your blogs!!). And lastly, I have used one photo per entry, lifted shamelessly from your blogs. If this is a problem, let me know and I can remove it. And to the big wide world of readers out there, please note that the copyright to all these pictures belongs to the original author! Always ask before using.

Name:  Liz
Location:  Los Angeles, USA
Blog:  Cake Or Death?
Made:  Chocolate-raspberry iced petit fours

Name:  Anita
Location:  San Francisco Bay area, USA
Blog:  Dessert First
Made:  Taffy lady apples, hazelnut creme brulee spoons (pictured), and honey madeleines

Name:  Sam
Location:  Singapore
Blog:  Sam’s Cakes and Bakes
Made:  Strawberry amores

Name:  Y
Location:  Sydney, Australia
Blog:  Lemonpi
Made:  R2-D2 chocolate caramel petit fours

Name:  Cenk
Location:  Istanbul, Turkey
Blog:  Cafe Fernando
Made:  Personalised M&M cookies

Name:  Melissa
Location:  Birmingham, UK
Blog:  Hecticium
Made:  Chocolate tartlets, lemon creams and meringues

Name:  Barbie2Be
Location:  USA
Blog:  Barbie2Be
Made: Chocolate-dipped Madeleines

Name:  Esther
Location:  Paris, France
Blog:  Boxcar Kitchen
Made:  Mini pumpkin mousse in caramel verrines

Name:  Haalo
Location:  Melbourne, Australia
Blog:  Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once
Made:  Wattle seed madeleines

Name:  Brilynn
Location: Canada
Blog:  Jumbo Empanadas
Made:  Mini chocolate, coconut and strawberry cheesecakes

Name:  Sam
Location: San Francisco (California), USA
Blog:  Becks & Posh
Made:  Dark chocolate weapons of mass enjoyment (!)

Name:  Julianne
Location:  San Francisco Bay area, USA
Blog:  Petit Chou
Made:  Mini pumpkin cookies with creme fraiche

Name:  Caryn
Location:  Exeter, UK
Blog:  Reality Bites
Made:  Five-spice gingerbread with lemon cream cheese frosting

Name:  Michelle
Location:  Portland (Oregon) USA
Blog:  Je Mange La Ville
Made:  Mini grapefruit cakes with cream cheese frosting

Name:  I-Ling
Location:  Melbourne, Australia
Blog:  Feed Me! I’m Hungry!!
Made:  Chocolate pistachio layer cake petit fours

Name:  Zorra
Location:  Andalucia, Spain
Blog:  1 x Umruhren Bitte
Made:  Petits chaussons aux poires (pastry puffs with pear puree)

Name:  Ulrike
Location:  Kronshagen, Germany
Blog:  Küchenlatein
Made:  Petit fours glacé

Name:  Jen
Location:  Melrose (Massachusetts), USA
Blog:  Jenny Sais Quois
Made:  Pumpkin spice bread and apple cider cream cheese frosting mini sandwiches

Name:  Anne
Location:  Stockholm, Sweden
Blog:  Anne’s Food
Made:  Mini chocolate-cherry muffins with toasted coconut

Name:  Marie-Laure
Location:    France
Blog:  O Delices
Made:  Saffron and lemon bites

Name:  Bonnie
Location:  Cambridge, UK
Blog:  Daydream Delicious
Made:  Chocolate ganache hearts

Name:  Peabody
Location:  Seattle (Washington), USA
Blog:  Culinary Concoctions by Peabody
Made:  Mini pop-tarts

Name:  Lara
Location:  Seattle (Washington) USA
Blog:  Cookbook 411
Made:  Lemon cake petit fours with plum sauce

Name:  Dilek
Location:  Switzerland
Blog:  A la Dilek  (in Turkish:  Dilekce)
Made:  Sari Burma (Turkish baklava)

Name:  Johanna
Location:  London, UK
Blog:  The Passionate Cook
Made:  Mini fruit tartlets

Name:  Jenni
Location:  London, UK
Blog:  Pertelote
Made:  Sour cherry & pistachio chocolate shells

Name:  Surfin’ Dave
Location:  California, USA
Blog:  Serendipitous Chef
Made: Chocolate & pumpkin Halloween mignardises

Name:  Faith
Location:  Florida, USA
Blog:  Mekuno Cooking
Made:  Chocolate caramel banana bites

Name:  Helen
Location:  USA
Blog: Tartelette
Made:  Meringue kisses, caramel vol au vents & macaroons with honey buttercream

Name:  Abby
Location: North Carolina, USA
Blog:  Confabulation
Made:  Ghoulish petit fours

Name:  Sam
Location:  Toronto, Canada
Blog:  Sweet Pleasure:  Plaisir Sucre
Made:  Apple, raspberry and pear pâtes de fruits

Name:  Lauren
Location:  USA
Blog:  The Foodie Files
Made:  Coconut Madeleines

Name:  Stephanie
Location: USA
Blog:  Dispensing Happiness
Made:  Halloween thimble cookies

Name:  Julie
Location:  New York, USA
Blog:  A Finger in Every Pie
Made:  Mini Korova cookies and mini financier cupcakes filled with apricot curd

Name:  Pille
Location:  Estonia
Blog:  Nami-Nami
Made:  Chocolate-dipped lemon balm leaves and candied peel, chcolate disks infused with chilli syrup, and cranberry almond macarons

Name:  Candy
Location:  Canada
Blog:  Dessert by Candy
Made: Pinepple and star anise mini mousse and mini cherry clafoutis

Name:  “Pti bouchon”
Location:  France
Blog: Les Mains Dans L’Plat
Made:  Delices citron et delices chocolat

Name:  Requia
Location:  France
Blog:  Chez Requia
Made:  Chantilly au chocolat blanc

Name:  Bea
Location:  Boston (Massachusetts), USA
Blog:  La Tartine Gourmande
Made:  Dark chocolate and lime cream tartlets

Name:  Andrew
Location:  Henley-on-Thames, UK
Blog:  SpittoonExtra
Made:  Non-dainty chocolate muffin mini-sandwiches with chocolate shavings

Name:  Bron
Location:  Canterbury, New Zealand
Blog:  Bron Marshall
Made:  Baked Chocolate Mousse Cups with Mini Matcha Ice-cream Spheres

Name:  Karen
Location:  Philippines
Blog:  The Pilgrim’s Pots and Pans
Made:  Chocolate-peanut and apple-cinnamon empanaditas

Name:  Jennifer
Location:  Canada
Blog:  The Domestic Goddess
Made:  Chocolate-coated mini cheesecake petit fours

Name:  Jeanne
Location:  London, England
Blog:  Cooksister!
Made:  Lemon meringue mini “baked Alaskas”

And I’m afraid that’s all, folks! But isn’t that a grand collection of petit fours?! Next month it’s the lovely Johanna who will be hosting and a little bird tells me the theme will be chocolate truffles… So get your sweet thinking caps on!