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Description: Today's tutorial is about making Petit Fours. Petit Fours are small bite-sized pastries. I will be covering the with poured fondant. Below is the recipe to follow. FOR CAKE BATTER 1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp baking soda 5 eggs (separated) 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup vegetable shortening 1/2 cup butter 3 cups all-purpose flour (sifted) 1 tsp of vanilla extract (or your favorite extract) This recipe is adapted from Jaynie Maxfield book "Cake Decorating for the First Time." FOR POURED FONDANT 1 cup of chocolate chips or candy melts 4 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup light corn syrup 1/4 cup hot water 1 tsp vanilla extract Icing coloring (if desired) The above Poured Fondant recipe is adapted from KingArthurFlour.com website. kingarthurflour.com/recipes/poured-fondant-icing-recipe