I wanted to take something to a play date for afternoon tea last week so made a cake and took half. The kids have been going to lots of birthday parties lately and eating copious amounts of party food. It's got me thinking about food colouring ( as did our bread painting activity last week) so I decided to try out using beetroot juice to colour the cake and icing. The cake batter was a promising pink uncooked but it came out yellowy when baked. The icing however came out a gorgeous colour and it's not at all 'beetrooty' tasting. I got a little bit of wicked satisfaction knowing my kids were happily eating beetroot juice too.
We always have a tin beetroot in the cupboard/ fridge and also grow it in our vege patch so I'll be doing this again.
Where do you buy 'natural' food colouring from?
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| lovely pink beetroot icing |
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| yes topped with artifically coloured sprinkles- but we're taking this in baby steps people! |
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