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Decorated Candies and Cakes
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and one inch wide. Let stand in powdered sugar until sugary, then decorate with a spray of roses or sweet peas made of ornamental frosting.

Decorated Mints

Make Plain White Mints, page 79, one and one half inches in diameter, and decorate with a single violet, forget-me-not, tiny rose, or holly berries and leaves made of ornamental frosting.

Decorated Marshmallows

Dip marshmallows in melted fondant, and decorate with tiny flowers made of ornamental frosting in different colors.

Edible Place Cards

Make Wintergreen Wafer mixture, page 163, roll thin, and cut in pieces two by three inches. Put ornamental frosting in stem tube, and write the name of each guest in the center of a card.

Use at a children's party.

Marshmallow Baskets

Dip marshmallows in fondant, and when firm insert a piece of fine wire to make a handle. Fill stem tubes with ornamental frosting of different colors. Make a lattice work of frosting on the sides of the marshmallow, and cover the handle