Mumsnet logoby parents for parents
home search join my Mumsnet recipes reviews local sites blogs member discounts shopping classifieds contact a mumsnetter games
log in

Find discussions: search for messages topic list last 15 minutes last hour last day new messages unanswered threads
Active Convs: active conversations customise talk board hide & show threads & topics
My talk: threads I'm on threads I'm watching threads I started my registration log in
Useful stuff: getting started acronym list disclaimer contact mumsnet newsletters frequently asked questions
moon
Mumsnet members get a 10% discount from Boden (including free returns and free delivery), The White Company, sweaty Betty, Luxury Family Hotels, JoJo Maman Bebe, Siblu, Blooming Marvellous, GLTC, Bump to 3 (the official online shop for Grobags) and more. Click here for more info Join mumsnet here. DiscPart
Mumsnet Discussions: Food : How do I make red and blue cakes without using something that would send the DCs hyper? (12 messages)
Add a message Watch this thread Flip this thread Add new thread in this topic
"
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By lovecat on Sun 18-May-08 17:22:12
You could always mix blue smarties (the artificial-colour-free ones) into the cake mix?
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By LemonTart on Fri 16-May-08 17:46:24
OMG just read back moy post. Even for me that was crap grammar! My apologies blush
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By LemonTart on Fri 16-May-08 17:45:25
personally I would stick to making cute cupcakes without the colouring and then have fun painting food colouring on a second batch/half of them and send them off as a present for a friend/grandparent/neighbour!
My kids love messing with icing and colouring but DD2 suffers badly so we keep back a few plain ones and put choc buttons on hers so she still gets a "treat" without the headaches and hyperactivity that would follow a dose of colouring
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By SlightlyMadSweet on Fri 16-May-08 17:41:39
Icing is much easier to colour (at least easier to get the colour you aim for). Just as much fun - if not mre fun cos he can help you bake the cakes and then throw icing and sprinkles around too.

Shout for the bunny she recommended a paste to me...
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By NotABanana on Fri 16-May-08 17:35:09
LOL

The icing idea is inspired.

Well done!!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By SlightlyMadSweet on Fri 16-May-08 17:34:15
Well than he can learn that yellow + blue = green....
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By SaintGeorge on Fri 16-May-08 17:33:55
Blueberries
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By SlightlyMadSweet on Fri 16-May-08 17:33:37
I think it is really hard to get natural blue colourings...which I guess is what you are after.

Smarties have only just found one (they removed hte blue so they could be colouring free, but it has just come back).

Also as Boys say - blue + yellow = green...so you would need loads of teh colouring to get over the green-ness.

The alternative is to do the icing (which starts white) in blue??

I believe that pastes are supposed to be better at giving a deep colour than liquids.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By NotABanana on Fri 16-May-08 17:33:12
You can all laugh now. I want to help DS2 learn his colours and I thought this might be a fun way to do it!!
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By NotQuiteCockney on Fri 16-May-08 17:31:51
As BALD (!!) says, beetroot and cabbage are my first impulse.

Red is easy, you can use beetroot juice to colour the icing or the cake, i've used it on icing, certainly.

Blue ... well, the liquid from red cabbage is pretty blue ... but not that blue.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By BoysAreLikeDogs on Fri 16-May-08 17:29:10
I wish you luck making blue cakes, NAB.

I had a go once, blue food colouring + yellow eggs = green cake. I never tried again. Heigh ho.

grin

OTOH, I am having vague thoughts about beetroot juice and red cabbage water.

[goes and lies down in darkened room]
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By NotABanana on Fri 16-May-08 17:26:02
TIA.


Add your message here

Message
Emphasis: To bold a word, surround it with asterisks, so *hello* will display hello. For underline use _ , so _hello_ gives hello. For italics use ^, so ^hello^ gives hello. To strike out a word, surround it with two hyphens either side, so --dog-- gives dog

Links and smileys: To insert a smiley face, , type [smile] or :)
For a big grin, , type [grin] or :o
For a wink, , type [wink]
For a shocked face, , type [shock]
For an angry face, , type [angry]
For an embarrassed face, , type [blush]
For a sad face, , type [sad] or :(
For an envious face, , type [envy]
For a sceptical face, , type [hmm]

Links The simplest way to insert a link is to enter the link itself, surrounded by [[ and ]]. So if you type [[www.mumsnet.com]], the link will display as http://www.mumsnet.com. If you want your link to display text other than the web address itself, leave a space after the address then add the text before the ]]. So "Look at [[www.mumsnet.com this page]]", would display "Look at this page".
Nickname:
Password:
To post a message you need a valid mumsnet nickname and password. If you have forgotten your nickname, click here for a reminder. If you are not yet a member of mumsnet, you can join here.