Carrot cake can be decorated with cream cheese frosting, icing tubes, flowers, and plastic toppers. Candied carrots and other fruits can also be used, and Easter decorations can be found in stores.
Carrot cake is a sweet and spicy dessert made from real shredded carrot. The traditional frosting for carrot cake is usually cream cheese based, although other types of frosting can be substituted. Carrot cake decorations can include icing tubes, icing flowers and rosettes, colored sugar, carrot sprinkles, and plastic carrot cake picks. Most carrot cake toppers can be used on standard sized cakes, miniature cakes or cupcakes.
Apply the layered carrot cake decorations after the cake has completely cooled. The icing can be applied decoratively using a pastry bag with a piping tip. Once the dessert has been frosted, more carrot cake decorations can be applied. If the decorations include frosted flowers or carrots, some of the frosting should be reserved for that purpose. The white icing can be colored with food coloring to get the right shades of orange and green for carrots and leaves.
Once colored, the icing can be added to a bag of pasta and topped in the shape of a carrot. A round dough tip will make a simple carrot shape; a flat or crinkled tip makes excellent leaves. The carrots and leaves can be piped directly onto the cake or onto the parchment paper first. Once the icing pieces have set, they can be transferred to the carrot cake and positioned as desired.
Some of the quickest and easiest carrot cake decorations are made from molded plastic. To use plastic carrots or bunnies to enhance a carrot cake or cupcake, simply press the pointed end of the topper through the icing and into the cake. If the plastic carrot cake toppers are not placed correctly the first time, they can be removed and re-inserted with ease.
Strips or chunks of candied carrots make excellent decorations for carrot cakes. Carrots can be candied at home or purchased ready-to-use from a cake decorating supplier. Other candied fruits or vegetables will also work as carrot cake decorations; Ginger, lemon and orange peel all candy well and make sweet, orange-tinged edible decorations for carrot cakes.
Shopping for carrot cake decorations during the weeks leading up to Easter can yield cute, bunny-shaped decorations that can be used year-round. The baking department of a big box or grocery store is a good place to look for carrot sprinkles. These can be perfect to add to the top of a carrot cake or cupcake after you’ve applied the icing.
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