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.
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Blog: Cake Or Death?
Made: Chocolate-raspberry iced petit fours
Location: San Francisco Bay area, USA
Blog: Dessert First
Made: Taffy lady apples, hazelnut creme brulee spoons (pictured), and honey madeleines
Location: Singapore
Blog: Sam’s Cakes and Bakes
Made: Strawberry amores
Location: Sydney, Australia
Blog: Lemonpi
Made: R2-D2 chocolate caramel petit fours
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Blog: Cafe Fernando
Made: Personalised M&M cookies
Location: Birmingham, UK
Blog: Hecticium
Made: Chocolate tartlets, lemon creams and meringues
Location: USA
Blog: Barbie2Be
Made: Chocolate-dipped Madeleines
Location: Paris, France
Blog: Boxcar Kitchen
Made: Mini pumpkin mousse in caramel verrines
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Blog: Cook (almost) Anything At Least Once
Made: Wattle seed madeleines
Location: Canada
Blog: Jumbo Empanadas
Made: Mini chocolate, coconut and strawberry cheesecakes
Location: San Francisco (California), USA
Blog: Becks & Posh
Made: Dark chocolate weapons of mass enjoyment (!)
Location: San Francisco Bay area, USA
Blog: Petit Chou
Made: Mini pumpkin cookies with creme fraiche
Location: Exeter, UK
Blog: Reality Bites
Made: Five-spice gingerbread with lemon cream cheese frosting
Location: Portland (Oregon) USA
Blog: Je Mange La Ville
Made: Mini grapefruit cakes with cream cheese frosting
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Blog: Feed Me! I’m Hungry!!
Made: Chocolate pistachio layer cake petit fours
Location: Andalucia, Spain
Blog: 1 x Umruhren Bitte
Made: Petits chaussons aux poires (pastry puffs with pear puree)
Location: Kronshagen, Germany
Blog: Küchenlatein
Made: Petit fours glacé
Location: Melrose (Massachusetts), USA
Blog: Jenny Sais Quois
Made: Pumpkin spice bread and apple cider cream cheese frosting mini sandwiches
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Blog: Anne’s Food
Made: Mini chocolate-cherry muffins with toasted coconut
Location: France
Blog: O Delices
Made: Saffron and lemon bites
Location: Cambridge, UK
Blog: Daydream Delicious
Made: Chocolate ganache hearts
Location: Seattle (Washington), USA
Blog: Culinary Concoctions by Peabody
Made: Mini pop-tarts
Location: Seattle (Washington) USA
Blog: Cookbook 411
Made: Lemon cake petit fours with plum sauce
Location: Switzerland
Blog: A la Dilek (in Turkish: Dilekce)
Made: Sari Burma (Turkish baklava)
Location: London, UK
Blog: The Passionate Cook
Made: Mini fruit tartlets
Location: London, UK
Blog: Pertelote
Made: Sour cherry & pistachio chocolate shells
Location: California, USA
Blog: Serendipitous Chef
Made: Chocolate & pumpkin Halloween mignardises
Location: Florida, USA
Blog: Mekuno Cooking
Made: Chocolate caramel banana bites
Location: USA
Blog: Tartelette
Made: Meringue kisses, caramel vol au vents & macaroons with honey buttercream
Location: North Carolina, USA
Blog: Confabulation
Made: Ghoulish petit fours
Location: Toronto, Canada
Blog: Sweet Pleasure: Plaisir Sucre
Made: Apple, raspberry and pear pâtes de fruits
Location: USA
Blog: The Foodie Files
Made: Coconut Madeleines
Location: USA
Blog: Dispensing Happiness
Made: Halloween thimble cookies
Location: New York, USA
Blog: A Finger in Every Pie
Made: Mini Korova cookies and mini financier cupcakes filled with apricot curd
Location: Estonia
Blog: Nami-Nami
Made: Chocolate-dipped lemon balm leaves and candied peel, chcolate disks infused with chilli syrup, and cranberry almond macarons
Location: Canada
Blog: Dessert by Candy
Made: Pinepple and star anise mini mousse and mini cherry clafoutis
Location: France
Blog: Les Mains Dans L’Plat
Made: Delices citron et delices chocolat
Location: France
Blog: Chez Requia
Made: Chantilly au chocolat blanc
Location: Boston (Massachusetts), USA
Blog: La Tartine Gourmande
Made: Dark chocolate and lime cream tartlets
Location: Henley-on-Thames, UK
Blog: SpittoonExtra
Made: Non-dainty chocolate muffin mini-sandwiches with chocolate shavings
Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
Blog: Bron Marshall
Made: Baked Chocolate Mousse Cups with Mini Matcha Ice-cream Spheres
Location: Philippines
Blog: The Pilgrim’s Pots and Pans
Made: Chocolate-peanut and apple-cinnamon empanaditas
Location: Canada
Blog: The Domestic Goddess
Made: Chocolate-coated mini cheesecake petit fours
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!