How to make yellow color for cake decorating.
Posted by jingie on Jun 16, 2009 · Member since Jun 2008 · 3 posts
Hi everyone,
I am new to vegan baking, last year I made my husband a yummy carrot cake for his birthday, everything looks great except I was only allowed to use red and blue for decorating color, (according to him, food dye yellow 5 is not vegan) so he end up have a red and blue carrot on top of his cake. :o
His B'day is coming soon again! Now, I have seen some lovely cake pictures on this site with yellow decoration on them,what should I use so I can get the yellow color?
Thanks a bunch in advance for your help!
Jing
welcome! why does he think it's not vegan? from what i just read on wikipedia it looks to be a completely synthetic ingredient.
although, i think it would be cute if you just kept using red and blue carrots for traditions sake.
I use Wilson food colors amongst others and I have never come across a non vegan one! they are synthetic food grade dyes, so should be ok as far as I know.
and if youre really worried about it just finely grate some carrot and mix it into the frosting.
Oh, he said that he did the research many years ago and the yellow 5 food color contains some type of bugs as one of the ingredients, even on the label shows everything is synthetic. Oh well... ::)
Oh, he said that he did the research many years ago and the yellow 5 food color contains some type of bugs as one of the ingredients, even on the label shows everything is synthetic. Oh well... ::)
so does red40
Oh, he said that he did the research many years ago and the yellow 5 food color contains some type of bugs as one of the ingredients, even on the label shows everything is synthetic. Oh well... ::)
so does red40
thats actually not true - a quick google search for " red 40 source" came up with a bunch of sites explaining that it comes from coal. you may be thinking of cochineal or carmine which is from beetles.
this site explains the difference:
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp
the food coloring i have is vegan to my knowledge. i looked up all the ingredients. I dont remember if yellow 5 was one, hmmm.
Oh, he said that he did the research many years ago and the yellow 5 food color contains some type of bugs as one of the ingredients, even on the label shows everything is synthetic. Oh well... ::)
so does red40
thats actually not true - a quick google search for " red 40 source" came up with a bunch of sites explaining that it comes from coal. you may be thinking of cochineal or carmine which is from beetles.
this site explains the difference:
http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.asp
omg! i've been lied to!! lol
haha it might not be the most healthy thing to put in your body - but it is vegan!
as long as it's vegan, ill try anything once...or twice...or everyday. hahaha
if he's gonna be stubborn just use a bit of turmeric. It may change the taste a little, but it's just decorative carrots.
if he's gonna be stubborn just use a bit of turmeric. It may change the taste a little, but it's just decorative carrots.
yes, turmeric is great for coloring. I added it to some marzipan to make little yellow lemons and it worked beautifully and didn't change the flavor.
annatto, saffron threads, turmeric, or other natural food dyes at whole foods that are 100% food-derived-- like red is from beets, etc....
You guys rock! Thanks for all the info. You know we women just want the cake to look pretty. (usually men doesn't care of course!)
veganhippie , that's one cool tattoo! :)>>>