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!
Thank you for the lovely round up. Just a small correction: My location is İstanbul, Turkey. Thank you! Cenk
what a stunning array of entries… the foodbloggers of this world have clearly gone out of their way and surpassed themselved once more for this theme! I can’t believe the variety of contributions and can’t wait to steal the ideas one by one for my own dinner parties 😉
Mini fruit tartlets: SHF#24
Thank God It’s Friday! And not just any, today is Sugar High Friday! Friday’s have become something special thanks to a fabulous idea spun up by the Domestic Goddess (Jennifer, that is, not Nigella) which is celebrating its 2nd anniversary
Fantastic round-up! Seems everyone really got inspired by this month’s theme!
Wow Jeanne, what a funky bunch of entries! You’re the best…good job!
Fabulous Jeanne, thank you so much for hosting!
Thanks so much for your hard work! Lovely.
Thank you for hosting! I felt like a kid on Christmas morning, (im)patiently awaiting for the round up!
I have also discovered new blogs, the best thing about events like this one!
What a wealth of inspiration! Well done everybody and thank you so much Jeanne for hosting this round!
I am a sweet tooth. Who could resist such a bounty? Yummy! Enough to create the menu of a successful patisserie in London!
nice job…!
these all look amazing! i can’t wait to try each and every one!
Wow these look so decedent, just a pity that I am not a huge fan of deserts I really don’t have a sweet tooth at all, but give me any thing savory and I will be happy, but thanks for sharing all your hard work and those recipes will come in handy next time I am having the ladies over for tea.:)