Decorated Mini Sponge Cake Fours

Ingredients

• sponge cake
• jelly or frosting
• pale green icing (flavored with pistachio)
• pale pink icing (flavored with rose)
• yellow icing (flavored with orange)
• white icing (flavored with almond)
• unsweetened chocolate
• candied violets
• bits of citron
• candied cherries
• angelica

Method

1. 1 Bake a simple, light sponge cake in a shallow tin or pan.
2. 2 When cold, turn out and cut into small dominoes or diamonds about an inch deep.
3. 3 Split each piece and spread jelly or frosting between the layers.
4. 4 Ice tops and sides with tinted icings (pistachio, rose, orange, or almond).
5. 5 For chocolate versions, ice with white icing, then add a layer of melted chocolate and dip brush in to make spots.
6. 6 Decorate with candied violets, citron, cherries, or angelica.