Almond Petits Fours Cake Recipe – Swans Down® Cake Flour

Ingredients

• Cake
• 6 ounces almond paste
• 6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 large eggs
• 1 cup sifted Swans Down® Cake Flour
• 2 cups apricot jam, warmed and strained
• Fondant Icing
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 10 cups confectioners sugar
• Food coloring (optional)