Natural Food Coloring

Natural food coloring is a healthy alternative to decorating cakes with artificial colors. Research shows artificial colors in food shows hyper activity and certain side effects in some children and even adults. So if you are concerned about food coloring in your decorated cakes, you'll love trying out natural colorings that are available now.

You won't get the bright red, blue and yellow you are use to but you'll have the added benefit of knowing your frosting is dye free.

Options for Natural Coloring in Cake Decorating

India Tree Natural Decorating Colors Set

India Tree's colorings are made from natural vegetable colorants such as beets and red cabbage. These natural colors contain absolutely no synthetic dyes or corn syrup.

national colored sugar

India Tree Nature's Colors - Sugar 3.3 oz

natural food color liquid

Seelect 100% Natural Coloring for food, 2-Ounce Bottle

To use these natural colorings add one drop at a time in your icing. Stir and wait a few minutes before adding more color. If your decorated cakes sit overnight the coloring might change slightly.

Keep in mind your icing will be more pastel when using natural colors and not bright as you would get in artificial colorings.

Colroing with Foods

You can use food to change the color of your frosting. Just remember you don't want to use Kool-aid, Jell-O, and anything like that because they have artificial colors in them as well.

Try blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, turmeric or cooked beets. You can also boil shredded red cabbage in water and use the colored water in your frosting recipe. Substitute some of the liquid such as milk for a liquid such as juice from blueberries, red cabbage water, etc.

Leave natural food coloring and move on to coloring icing.

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