Mugwort's Castle
Natural rainbow birthday cake
Natural food dye rainbow birthday cake. I made all the colors except the green which was courtesy of Whole Foods bakery. Red-beet juice. Orange-Baby food carrots. Yellow egg yolk and tumeric. Green- Whole Foods Bakery's green dye, I didn't feel up to trying kale juice!) Blue- blueberry. Purple-blackberry and rasberry juice. The red was weak for this cake, but the test cupcakes were very red when I put enough beet juice in. None of them had a bad flavor except the yellow tumeric. Next time (not that I would EVER put myself through that again) I would just use egg yolk. The main problem I had was that the different juices changed the textures of each layer. Not very cake-like. It was ok and my kids liked it, but I would rather have a little artificial food coloring than do this again. It was a fun and very messy challenge though. The little yellow candies I used for the flower centers on top are the only artificial thing I used.
Natural rainbow birthday cake
Natural food dye rainbow birthday cake. I made all the colors except the green which was courtesy of Whole Foods bakery. Red-beet juice. Orange-Baby food carrots. Yellow egg yolk and tumeric. Green- Whole Foods Bakery's green dye, I didn't feel up to trying kale juice!) Blue- blueberry. Purple-blackberry and rasberry juice. The red was weak for this cake, but the test cupcakes were very red when I put enough beet juice in. None of them had a bad flavor except the yellow tumeric. Next time (not that I would EVER put myself through that again) I would just use egg yolk. The main problem I had was that the different juices changed the textures of each layer. Not very cake-like. It was ok and my kids liked it, but I would rather have a little artificial food coloring than do this again. It was a fun and very messy challenge though. The little yellow candies I used for the flower centers on top are the only artificial thing I used.