Rout Cakes in the Form of Carrots

Ingredients

• Paste (as in No. 272)
• Red royal icing
• Green angelica
• Thread
• Wooden skewers
• Iron skewers

Directions

1. Prepare the paste as in No. 272 and divide it into small pieces the size of a walnut.

2. Roll each piece into the shape of small spring carrots.

3. Insert a small wooden splinter into the thick end of each carrot and tie a loop of thread to it.

4. Suspend the carrots from a wire secured to two iron skewers stuck into a board and let them dry overnight.

5. Place the dried carrots on a baking plate and bake them.

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

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