Rout Cakes in the Form of Carrots

Ingredients

• paste (as in No. 272)
• red royal icing
• green angelica
• thread
• wooden skewers
• iron skewers
• wire

Directions

1. Prepare the paste as in No. 272.

2. Divide the paste into small pieces the size of a walnut.

3. Roll each piece into the shape of a small carrot.

4. Insert a small wooden splinter into the thick end of each carrot.

5. Tie a loop of thread to the splinter and suspend them on a wire secured to two iron skewers.

6. Allow to dry overnight.

7. Bake the carrots on a baking plate.

8. Dip the baked carrots in red royal icing and suspend them to dry again.

9. Remove the wooden skewers and insert a piece of green angelica using royal icing to secure it.