How Do You Decorate Cakes With Fresh Fruit?
Fresh fruit adds bright color and a healthy touch to any cake. Once you apply any kind of icing, your creativity is your only limit in deciding which fruits to use and what kind of design to make. Sometimes a more structured design works best; to create an American flag on the Fourth of July for instance, use rows of strawberries for the stripes and blueberries for the stars. Other times, you may want concentric circles of different colored fruits like kiwi, pineapple, oranges and peach slices. Or, you may want an artful assortment of sugared fruits. Wash the fruit and dry with paper towels. After drying, set the fruit aside to dry even more thoroughly for one hour or so. Sift the sugar to remove all lumps and place it in a wide-mouthed bowl. Sprinkle powdered egg white into a bowl of warm water and let it sit for three to four minutes. This method allows the powder to dissolve more slowly and eliminates clumping. Stir the powdered egg white mixture to ensure that it is completely diss
