Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations

Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations

I made sugar carrot decorations again. This time I used granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar. The sugar carrots are naturally colored with fresh carrot juice and pureed spinach.

Don’t they look beautiful? Sugar carrot cake decorations are easy to make and keep very well because of the high sugar content.

Ingredients:

  • granulated sugar
  • carrot
  • spinach

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Grate the carrot finely. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the juice.

Using a blender or immersion blender, puree spinach until smooth.

Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations

Color granulated sugar with some drops of fresh carrot juice, till the sugar has the consistency of wet sand. Form into small carrots. Place them on parchment paper. To make the carrot tops, color some sugar with spinach puree. Let the carrots dry for some days at room temperature.

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2 thoughts on “Naturally Colored Sugar Carrot Cake Decorations

  1. Thanks so much for these recipes for naturally coloured carrots! I wanted to make a recipe for easter but was trying to avoid artificial colors!

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