Ingredients

1/2 lb butter

2 oz. icing sugar

vanilla essence

1/2 lb flour

A few cherries

Method

Cream butter and icing sugar, then add vanilla and flour, place mixture in bag and large rose or cream pipe, and press each rose flat as it is formed, to keep it thin, decorate with cherry in centre, bake in a moderate oven for 10 minutes but do not brown.

Caramel for Colouring- Put 1/4 lb sugar into a saucepan, and heat until it goes very brown. Pour over it 1/4 pint water and stir till it boils and all the sugar is dissolved. Strain, and when cold, put into a wide-mouthed bottle. Cork well and keep for colouring soup, gravy, etc.