Decorated Candies and Cakes 197
small portion with leaf green, adding a tiny bit of blue if the color is not good. Color another portion with yellow. Make two stem tubes and one leaf tube of tough thin paper. Put blue or pink frosting into a stem tube, and force five tiny spots in a circle on the object to be decorated. Put green frosting into the two remaining tubes, and with the stem tube make a stem to the flower, and with the leaf tube, two forget-me-not leaves. Put a bit of yellow in the center of the flower with the point of a toothpick. It is well to have a blossom or a picture as a guide in making the design.
Wild Roses
Color portions of ornamental frosting rose and green. Put rose colored frosting in a leaf tube, and make four or five broad petals radiating from a center. Make stem and leaves with green frosting, and put a bit of yellow frosting in the center of the flower. For a double rose make a smaller group of petals inside the first group.
Large roses may be fashioned two inches in diameter, dried slowly in a cool oven, and used for decorating a dish of candies.
Sweet Peas
Color portions of ornamental frosting pink, red, lavender, and green, and put in leaf tubes.
