Petit Fours - Yummy Bridal Desserts

Petit fours - those little cakes that you can just eat and eat. I've eaten 10 of them at any one time during a bridal shower tea party last winter. But, they can be downright expensive. You can try making them: try this recipe, or you can also buy them now at these places:

Dragonfly Petit Fours (4 dozen) at $74.99



Coffee Petits Fours at $16.99



Valentine Petits Fours at $46.75

Comfort Food for the Wedding Party

It's cold out there and if you are having a late-night dessert for your wedding party - what do you serve? Brownies! They are the quintessential comfort food and when paired with a nice hot cup of cocoa - it's absolutely heavenly. Looking beyond this concept, you can even create a chocolate dessert table filled with brownies, chocolate cupcakes, and chocolate chip cookies for that all-chocolate theme! Here are some of my favorite recipes, if you plan to make them yourself:

From The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Devil’s Food Cupcakes With Fluffy White Filling and Chocolate Icing

Chocolate chip cookies

Pumpkin all the Way

Pumpkin - you either love it or hate it. It's never a case of in-between. Some start out hating it, but eventually develop a liking for it especially after that first slice of pumpkin pie topped with a heaping dollop of whip cream. That's when it hits you that this stuff is good. When served as part of a wedding dinner menu, they put the word comfort in "comfort food." So, let see what else is made of pumpkin - that's waiting to be devoured this fall and soon this winter:

Pumpkin White Chocolate Chunk Cookies - recipe by Sara Foster from Foster's Market in North Carolina. Boy, these look so good!

(via Country Home Magazine) - check out their other desserts, too.



Pumpkin Muffins from BHG - they only take 20 minutes to make!



Pumpking Cheese - there's no recipe here. Just get them ready made at "Say it with Cheesecake."