Chocolate Petit Fours

Making little tea party petit fours used to be intimidating until I figured out an easy way to make them.

Bake a chocolate cake in a jelly roll or 1/2 sheet pan lined with parchment paper.  Cool and then wrap in plastic wrap and freeze until hard. 

Once the cake is hard as a rock (or nearly so :) prepare the chocolate fudge frosting.  Keep it on the stove top on very low heat, just warm enough to keep the frosting runny. 

Cut the chocolate cake into 1-1/2" cubes, then place them on a wire cooling rack settled over a metal bowl.  Using a spoon, pour the warm chocolate frosting over the cold cake cubes allowing the excess to drip into the bowl below.  Continue frosting and glazing the cake cubes until you are done.  Set them aside until the frosting hardens a little.  Use a metal spatula to remove the cake cubes from the cooling racks and place them on a platter lined with parchment or wax paper. 

Melt white chocolate or white almond bark and drizzle over the chocolate frosted cubes. 

Cool completely and refrigerate to harden.  Store them in a covered plastic storage container.  Bring to room temperature before serving.

Yum!