Apricot Petits Fours

Name: Apricot Petits Fours
Prep time: 4 h 20 min
Cook time: 4 h 20 min
Total time: 4 h 20 min
Yield: 54
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons almond extract; 54 servings Sliced almonds; 177 milliliters apricot nectar or water; 79 milliliters butter or margarine, melted; 118 milliliters corn syrup; 2 eggs; 54 servings Orange peel; 2 liters powdered sugar; 79 milliliters vegetable oil; 1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

Apricot Petits Fours requires around 4 hours and 20 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 54 servings with 332 calories, 7g of protein, and 18g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have corn syrup, butter, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Spray bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with baking spray with flour.

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Baking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Frying Pan

In large bowl, beat all cake ingredients except liqueur with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.

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Liqueur

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour batter into pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake 22 to 28 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center.

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Oven

Brush liqueur over top of cake. Cool completely, about 20 minutes. To avoid cake crumbs when adding icing, freeze cake 1 hour before cutting.

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Liqueur

Icing

In large bowl, beat icing ingredients on low speed until powdered sugar is moistened. Beat on high speed until smooth. If necessary, add 2 to 3 teaspoons more apricot nectar until icing is pourable.

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Apricot Nectar

Powdered Sugar

Icing

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Bowl

Place cooling rack on cookie sheet or waxed paper to catch icing drips.

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Icing

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Baking Sheet

Wire Rack

Cut cake into 9 rows by 6 rows. Working with 6 pieces at a time, remove cake pieces from pan and place on cooling rack. Spoon icing evenly over top and sides of cake pieces, letting icing coat sides. (Icing that drips off can be reused.)

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Icing

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Let stand until icing is set, about 2 hours.

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Icing

Decorate with almonds and orange peel as desired. Store in single layer in airtight plastic container.

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