Star-shaped petit fours in patriotic colors will make your Memorial Day or July Fourth holiday extra-special! This shortcut recipe is quick and easy using ready-made pound cake from your local bakery or grocery store.
116 oz. Sara Lee frozen all-butter pound cake, thawed
3tubs16 oz. each ready-made classic vanilla frosting (not the whipped variety)
Red and sky blue gel food color
Gold star sprinkles
Edible gold glitteroptional
Instructions
Using a serrated knife or cake leveler thinly cut the top and bottom crusts from the pound cake. Cut the cake in half lengthwise into 1/2-inch slabs. You should have two long slabs of cake from which to stamp shapes. Stamp about six stars from each slab using the cutter.
Place the cake stars on a cooling rack, and then place the rack inside a large parchment-lined pan.
Remove the lids and foils from the tops of each frosting tub (flavor-wise, Duncan Hines is recommended) and microwave each at 30 second intervals until melted and pourable (about 1 minute total). Stir sky blue food color into one tub until a vibrant color is achieved; add red food color to another tub and stir. You’ll leave one tub untinted so that you’ll have red, white, and blue tubs of frosting.
Liberally pour the blue frosting over four stars until they are completely coated. Pour the red over four, and pour the white over four. You’ll need to turn the pan to examine all sides of the stars to make sure they all get well-coated. Let the cakes stand for about 2 minutes, and then lightly sprinkle on decors and glitter, if using.
Let stand until set, about 30 minutes, or transfer to the refrigerator to speed setting. Place each petit four inside a cupcake paper and display on a serving tray.
Notes
You’ll need a 2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter for this recipe. The one I used was about 2 1/4 inches.