CHOCOLATE GINGERBREAD HOUSE PETITS FOURS
These Chocolate Gingerbread House Petits Fours are simply adorable. And what could be sweeter than a village of bite-size houses built from bricks of chocolate-gingerbread cake?
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes 50
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 13-by-9-inch baking pan. Line bottom with parchment, and butter parchment. Dust with flour, and tap out excess.
- Stir together boiling water and baking soda in a small bowl, and set aside. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, spices, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
- Beat butter and brown sugar with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy. Add molasses and eggs, and beat until creamy, about 4 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the baking soda mixture, and beat until combined. Raise speed to medium-high, and beat for 15 seconds.
- Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. (To prevent cake from falling too soon, do not open oven for the first 35 minutes of baking.) Let cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cake to loosen, and invert onto rack. Remove parchment, turn cake right side up, and let cool completely. (Cake can be wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for up to 3 days.)
- Using a serrated knife, trim edges of cake so they are straight. Cut cake into 1-inch cubes. Cut 25 cubes on the diagonal into triangles. Spread frosting on long sides of triangles, and place one triangle on top of each cube, frosting side down, to create roofs. Insert a piece of licorice in top of each roof for the chimney. Dust roofs with confectioners' sugar. Petits fours are best the day you assemble them.
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Sunil Pujara
[email protected]These are amazing! I'm so impressed with how you decorated them. They look like they came straight out of a fairy tale.
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[email protected]These are the cutest gingerbread houses I've ever seen! They're so creative and festive.
KaS kas GaMing
[email protected]These look so delicious and festive! I can't wait to try them.
Suresh Bajgain
[email protected]These are so creative and festive! I love the idea of using gingerbread to make little houses. They're perfect for the holidays.
Pooh DEZZY
[email protected]These are adorable! I love the little details, like the candy cane windows and the snowmen on the roof. Great job!
Dunamis Joaquin
[email protected]OMG! These are so cute and festive. I'm definitely making these for my holiday party.
Dj Server
[email protected]These look so delicious! I love the combination of chocolate and gingerbread. I can't wait to give this recipe a try.
Francesca Plesh
[email protected]What a fun and festive recipe! Perfect for the holidays. I'm sure these would be a hit at any party.
Linda Lindley
[email protected]These are so cute! I love the idea of using mini graham crackers for the roof. I can't wait to try this recipe with my kids.
Kayla Massano
[email protected]These gingerbread houses are amazing! They are so easy to make and they look like they came straight out of a fairy tale! My kids had a lot of fun decorating them. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Alyshia McKenna
[email protected]Just made these! They are gorgeous and smell divine. The first batch I made were too dry, so I added more molasses and honey to the dough and they turned out perfect. Thanks for sharing this recipe!