Gumpaste Baby Carrot

I made a carrot cake to celebrate the one year anniversary of my God daughter's baptism.

The cake needed something cute and bright on top for the celebration so I made a baby carrot out of gumpaste.

Gumpaste can be purchased at baking supply stores and craft stores like Michael's. Most people use gumpaste to make flowers for cake decorating. I've made gumpaste flowers and making a baby carrot is easier.

No artistic ability is needed to pull this off.
Here's how you do it:

Break off a small piece of gumpaste.

Use gel paste colors to tint the gumpaste. I like the AmeriColor brand.

Put a few drops of orange gel paste on the gumpaste and mix it in with your hands. I prefer to wear disposable gloves when I do this.

Shape the colored gumpaste into a baby carrot.

Use a rolling wheel tool or knife to make short small slits to mimic a real carrot.

It's looking pretty real.

Color a smaller amount of gumpaste with green gel paste.

Use a shell gumpaste modeling tool or knife to score thin strips.

Cut through the strips to make long leaves. Use a rotary tool or a knife.

It should look like this.

Make a slit in the top of the carrot and insert the leaves.

Use a brown edible writing pen to add even more detail.

Draw over the slits with the brown edible pen and then use a damp cloth to gently remove excess ink.

After an hour or so of drying your gumpaste carrot is ready grace the top your cake.