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Combine marshmallows and water in bowl.
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Microwave, stirring every 30 seconds, 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth.
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Add 4 cups powdered sugar and 1/4 cup butter; stir, using buttered hands, until smooth.
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Remove 1/3 fondant; knead in green food color until color is evenly distributed.
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Knead orange food color into remaining fondant.
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Divide orange fondant in half.
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Wrap each orange fondant in plastic food wrap; refrigerate until ready to roll out.
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Create 2 sets of carrot leaf stems with green fondant by pushing through garlic press onto cutting board or waxed paper.
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Set aside.
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Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 9x5-inch loaf pan; set aside.
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Combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, allspice and nutmeg in bowl.
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Add carrots; toss to coat.
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Set aside.
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Combine 1/2 cup butter, sour cream, eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla in bowl; beat until well mixed.
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Add butter mixture to flour mixture; stir until well mixed.
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Stir in pecans.
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Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
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Cool in pan 10 minutes.
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Remove to cooling rack; cool completely.
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Combine all frosting ingredients in bowl.
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Beat until well mixed and fluffy.
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Place toothpick in center along edge of 1 short end of cake.
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Cut cake from each opposite corner, diagonally, to toothpick.
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Place larger triangle onto platter.
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Place 2 remaining triangles, cut-sides together to form second carrot.
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Place onto platter next to other cake.
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Frost cakes; refrigerate until firm.
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Roll out half of orange fondant on board dusted with powdered sugar to 3/16-inch thickness creating trapezoid-shape measuring 11 inches long, 9 inches across bottom and 5 inches across top.
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Cover 1 cake triangle with orange fondant, overlapping slightly.
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Trim along bottom of cake with pizza cutter or sharp knife to remove excess.
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Repeat with remaining orange fondant and cake.
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Position carrot leaf stems in center of wide end of each carrot, pressing in slightly.
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Use back of butter knife to create ridges in carrot on top.
