RecipeMuncher

Why are carrot cakes and carrot cupcakes always topped with a piped carrot drawing?  Apple cakes don’t have apple drawings on them, nor do peach cakes have little piped peaches. Why not top your carrot cakes with the real thing?!  I found the recipe for these candied carrot curls on Epicurious (they got it from the December 2007 issue of Gourmet).  Don’t be alarmed by the number of steps in the carrot curl instructions.  I know it sounds like a lot of fussing, b (...)