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Decorated Candies and Cakes
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candy with five blue or pink candies around makes a forget-me-not. With yellow caraways, sprays of goldenrod or chrysanthemums may be fashioned. After the flowers are made, they may easily be arranged on the soft frosting of a cake, or fastened by means of sugar syrup to a large mint. Arrange leaves and stems to connect the flowers.

A basket may be made directly on the soft frosting of a cake in any color desired, having the candies go crosswise as a basket is woven. Leaves and stems may be made of fine strips of citron. The greenest citron that can be purchased and preferably the dark outside should be used.

Silver dragées may be used with the flower decoration for conventional designs.

Holly Decorations

Small red checkerberry candies may be purchased, the size and color of holly berries. Leaves may be fashioned from ornamental frosting, fondant, or almond paste colored green, or from angelica or citron. Halves of blanched pistachio nuts also make good leaves.

Arrange two or three leaves meeting at the center, place two or more red candies where they join, and a short stem of the same material as

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