Natural Food Colors for Icings

By

mariebal

Does anywone know how you would get a red color? - I think beets but they have very strong flavor.

By Angela Stephens (Guest Post)

Excellent Options. Do yo know how to create a blue color that's all natural?

By

Cammyhen

You can't taste the spinach in the icing, or the beetroot or carrot. None of my family realised it wasn't ordinary food colouring from a bottle - they were really suprised when I told them it was vegetable color!

If you don't have a juicer you could just finely chop the vegetable and liquidise it with a little water, then strain it through muslin or even kitchen paper. It should work just fine.

I have attached a picture of my son's Birthday cake that I made using the spinach green icing on the top and beetroot pink icing inside, so you can see how the green icing looks!

Good luck,
Camilla Berry, uk

By Jan, NC (Guest Post)

How do you add them to the other ingedients? I don't have a juicer.

By

Lynn from Calif.

I wonder about the veggie taste too; but boy, this is a great idea! So many people (including me) are allergic to the artificial colorings. So clever of you!

By Eloise Gulick (Guest Post)

What can I use for BROWN -like adding cocoa in whole wheat bread or what should i use?

By

Melissa W.

I think this is a great idea - but wouldn't there be a taste involved with using these, spinach for example? Or is the amount used to color minimal and no extra flavoring is detected?!