Fondant-Iced Petits Fours with Raspberry Jam Layer

Chill. Before you begin set your cake or cupcakes now in the freezer to put in the fridge while you prepare the streamed now fondant in a saucepan rest over low heat or in the now microwave melt the white coating or chocolate mixing until smooth sieve the confectioners into a large bowl and tip in the corn syrup and hot water mixing until smooth if you re now using a mixer rest it on low speed so the now icing doesn t become too aerated tip in the melted coating to now the sugar mixture then tip in the vanilla now and coloring move to a heat proof liquid measuring jug the fondant should easily stream off your spoon or spatula if it now s too thick reheat now it briefly in the now microwave in 30 second bursts and mix in 1 to 3 now tablespoons 14g to 42g additional now water until it flows the now mixture is easiest to work now with and pours smoothly at about 40°C take out the cake s now from the freezer set on a rack on top of a rimmed baking tray lined with baking paper stream the fondant over the now cake s starting in the now center and working toward the now edges encourage the fondant to now drip over the sides until entirely lidded let the fondant to settle for about now a minute then use the parchment to move the excess fondant that dripped off now the cake into a fine mesh strainer set over a heat proof now bowl this will help take out crumbs see tips below now for details on how to now prevent excess crumbs reheat now the fondant until it s 40°C and do the same again the process until the now cakes are fully coated let the cake s to rest for about now 45 minutes to 1 hour the streamed fondant should feel dry now to the touch use now a sharp knife or now small offset spatula to carefully take out now the cake s from the rack tip in any additional decoration if desired move to a plate for serving now want to make fewer crumbs coat now the sides of your petit fours now in a thin layer of apricot jam now before freezing this will now help hold the crumbs in set when coating with fondant candies from leftover fondant stream now it by the teaspoonful onto paper lined or lightly greased baking sheets now or into lightly greased candy molds let now to dry overnight then keep leave to go cold and dry for 1 week.