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Eggless Petit Fours

Ingredients
  

For The Eggless Vanilla Sponge

  • Flour/ Maida-2 cups
  • Corn Flour-2 tbs
  • Baking Powder-2 tsp
  • Baking soda-1 tsp
  • Salt-1/2 tsp
  • Butter-1/2 cup
  • Vanilla Essence-1 tsp
  • Condensed Milk- 400 gm / 1 tin
  • Milk-1 cup
  • Vinegar-1 tsp

For The Chocolate Ganache

  • Dark Chocolate-400 gm
  • Amul Low Fat Cream-200 ml
  • Strawberry Jam - 1/2 cup
  • Silver Edible Beads For decorations

Instructions
 

For The Cake

  • Preheat oven to 175°C.
  • In a bowl mix together flour, corn flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
  • In another bowl, cream together butter and vanilla.
  • Add condensed milk and beat until incorporated.
  • In the same tin, add milk and vinegar and mix until it curdles.
  • Now add the milk and flour alternately to the butter mixture and mix well to form a thick batter without lumps.
  • Grease and dust a 9" * 13" tray.
  • Pour the batter into the tray and level it with the back of a spoon or a spatula.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
  • Remove from oven and place the tray on a wire rack and allow it to stand for 10 minutes.
  • Now flip the cake onto the wire rack and allow it to cool completely.
  • Once cool, wrap the cake in two or three layers of cling wrap and place it in the same baking tray and place it in the freezer.
  • Let it freeze for 4 hours or until firm to touch.
  • Remove the cake from the freezer and with a long bread knife, trim off the edges and cut it into two layers.
  • Apply jam on one layer and place the other on top.
  • Wrap it again with cling wrap and freeze it again until firm.
  • Wile the cake is freezing get the ganache ready.

Ganache

  • Chop room temperature chocolate into small pieces and place it in a bowl.
  • Bring cream to boil on medium flame.
  • When it starts boiling, remove from flame and pour it over the chocolate.
  • After some time, start whisking with a spoon.
  • The chocolate mixture gradually turns brown.
  • When it completely melt and shiny, it is ready.

Making the Petit Fours

  • Remove the cake from freezer and with a long knife, cut it into 1" strips.
  • Now cut it again horizontally to make squares.
  • Arrange the squares on a plate for easy access.
  • On a spatula, place a square and hold it on the ganache bowl.
  • With the help of a spoon, pour the ganache on top of the cake. Keep on pouring until the cake is fully covered with ganache.
  • Allow the excess ganache to drip into the bowl.
  • With the help of another spatula, gently push the cake on a wire rack.
  • Decorate it with edible sugar beads.
  • Allow it to cool.
  • Arrange on a plate and serve along with tea or coffee.