Rout-cakes in the Form of Carrots

Ingredients

• paste (as prepared in previous recipes)
• red royal icing
• green angelica

Directions

1. Prepare the paste as in previous recipes.

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 toothpick into the thick end of each carrot.

5. Tie a piece of thread in a loop to the toothpick.

6. Suspend the carrots on a wire secured to two iron skewers stuck into a board to dry overnight.

7. Place the dried carrots on a baking sheet and bake them.

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

9. Remove the wooden skewers and attach a piece of green angelica with royal icing.