Food coloring- red???

[Guest guest]

Thank you to the cheese slave for the fantastic gelatin recipe. I used it to

make a poke cake and it turned out beautifully! I can not remember who

recommended using liquid chlorophyll for green food coloring, but not only was

it beautiful, but it tasted delicious! (I wonder if my body is craving it?)

I used cherry juice for red, and it was not so beautiful. It was nearly brown.

Does anyone have any other ideas for red?

thanks,

Carol

[Guest guest]

I did some with tart cherry and it was a nice red. Although I was going

for flavor versus color. LOL

cranberry tends to be a pretty bright red color too but not as sweet - but

maybe a cranberry juice blend?

Jaxi

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 9:28 AM, CarolF <carolfrisk@...> wrote:

> Thank you to the cheese slave for the fantastic gelatin recipe. I used it

> to make a poke cake and it turned out beautifully! I can not remember who

> recommended using liquid chlorophyll for green food coloring, but not only

> was it beautiful, but it tasted delicious! (I wonder if my body is craving

> it?)

>

> I used cherry juice for red, and it was not so beautiful. It was nearly

> brown. Does anyone have any other ideas for red?

>

> thanks,

> Carol

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[Guest guest]

Second the cranberry, Jaxi. I just made some gelatin with some cranberry juice

(actually leftover water from boiling my cranberries for the dehydrator) and it

sure is a nice red color. Perhaps it would hold its color well in a cake.

I've heard that beet juice works so well that people use it dye their cosmetics.

Deborah