Petit Fours Or Cake Balls......which One Is More Work?
Decorating By littlecake Updated 4 Nov 2009 , 12:11am by hobbymommy
i get calls for petit fours all the time...after making them one time....that was enough for me.
i see these cake balls on here all the time....are they that labor intensive?
i thought that might be a good sub. to offer instead of the dreaded petit four.
they could be scooped out a bigger size.
but if they are just a big of a PITA as petit fours....heck with that idea.
Although I've never made petit fours, I'm positive they are much more labor intensive than the cake balls. The cake balls start out with crumbled up cake. That's a cinch! Then stir in frosting, mold like play dough, dip, and dry. All of the steps are fairly easy, it's just that each step takes a lot of time because there are so many. One 9x13 cake pan will yield about 50 balls. They also need to be refrigerated between certain steps, so that adds more time. Depending on how fancy you get with the decorations it could add more. Still, I'll definitely be making cake balls/pops in the future, but I am staying far away from petit fours. I've heard too many horror stories. 
I agree petit fors are WAY MORE labor intensive than cakeballs.
I've made both. I now charge $9173950471834 per petit four.
AMEN to that!!! 
leah,
Do you have a one dozen minimum on those petit fours?
Hey,
What happened to the "delete post" option?
I have yet to attempt petit fours - they look like way too much work!
leah,
At that price, you only need to sell ONE. Then retire.
I sooo enjoyed reading this hilarious thread!! 
It has, however, scared me TO DEATH!!! I will NEVER attempt petit fours.
Crystal
SAHM to Madison (9, HLHS), Natalie (5, Healthy), Neveah (20 mos., renal dysplasia) & 1 angel (mc on 11/15/0
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