. Our candy recipes . ixed with an equal amount of vanillafondant. This makes it of a good consistency formolding and less concentrated in flavor. Color some of the marzipan a delicate yellow. Moldit in the shape of a small pear, making the stem andthe blossom end of cloves. With a brush, tint oneside of the pear a soft pink. In a similar manner various fruits and vegetablescan be fashioned. Some of the simplest to make arecarrots, bananas, peas in the pod, green string beans,and pumpkins. With even a limited skill, flowers can be made. Ifsmall balls of marzipan are colored different shades, t
. Our candy recipes . ixed with an equal amount of vanillafondant. This makes it of a good consistency formolding and less concentrated in flavor. Color some of the marzipan a delicate yellow. Moldit in the shape of a small pear, making the stem andthe blossom end of cloves. With a brush, tint oneside of the pear a soft pink. In a similar manner various fruits and vegetablescan be fashioned. Some of the simplest to make arecarrots, bananas, peas in the pod, green string beans,and pumpkins. With even a limited skill, flowers can be made. Ifsmall balls of marzipan are colored different shades, theycan be effectively shaped and combined to form sweetpeas, rose buds, or violets. Two halves of pecans can be fastened together with asmall piece of colored marzipan. These are muchprettier when glace covered. Decorated Stuffed Fruits. — One of the most effec-tive finishing touches for the candy box is decoratedstuffed fruit. A dark prune with a light coloredstuflfing — tinted marzipan or butter fondant — upon. DECORATIVE SWEETS 183 which is placed a wee marzipan rosebud or violet, willbe the center of interest in a dish of bonbons. Thedecorations on the stuffing need not be so difficultas the marzipan flowers. Conventional designs maybe worked out with candied cherries, bits of angelica orpistachio nuts, or bright, little candies. The prunemay be made to look like a dark basket of flowers byputting a handle made from a strip of prune or cherryacross the center of the stuffing, and making littleflower designs at the ends. The simplest designs,with a touch of red candied cherry and green pistachionuts on the fruit stuffing, are in many cases as attractiveas the more elaborate ones. Stuffed dates can be decorated in the same way as theprunes. Even the small raisin can have a stuffing of pinkmarzipan contrasting with its dark color and a small ballof silver candy or a caraway comfit stuck in the center. Stuffed cherries, described on page 148, give a realsplash of color. D
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