Candied Carrot Strips (use to decorate cakes)

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CANDIED
CARROT STRIPS

Perfect for decorating a Carrot Cake...

Very unusual and tasty,
fun to make and fun to share
how you decorated a
cake using the "unusual"

Ingredients:
4 large carrots
4 cups sugar
2 cups cold water
1 oz. Orange Liqueur

Directions:

Peel the carrots and using a slicer set to 1/8-inch, slice the carrots lengthwise.  

In a small sauce pan, add and stir together the sugar and water, and cook over medium high heat until it just starts to boil.

Add the carrots, stirring to cover them in the syrup.  Lower the heat immediately and simmer about 20 to 25 minutes, until the carrots are translucnt. 

Remove from the heat and slowly add the Orange Liquer, stirring gently until well blended.

Let the mixture cool completely, then refrigerate up too three days.

When you are ready to use to decorate your cake, drain all the syrup from the carrots, using a strainer.  To further remove the liquid, squeeze carrots gently until all the liquid is gone.

Strip by strip, gently press into the frosting.  The carrots can be used straight, curved, made into a spiral shape, etc. 

 Plastic Carrot Cake Pics
http://thepartyworks.com/product_info.php/products_id/4936

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