Thursday, February 23, 2017

How To Make Dried Pineapple Flowers — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Does the toughest part of making a cake come at the end, just when you think you’re done? That cake is out of the oven, cooled, and frosted — but how to finish it off in a pretty way? For those of us with all thumbs and no pastry school degree, this is the last hill to climb. If you don’t care to decorate with artificially colored icing or candy, then it’s all the more challenging.

Southern bakers have a little trick that I’d love to teach you — a lovely, all-natural garnish for the classic hummingbird cake, but one that can also pretty up so many other things from cupcakes to cocktails. Here’s how to make dried pineapple flowers — the sweetest way to decorate a cake.

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