Colours

I have been experimenting this past week (well, so much as re-wiring our house and installing a new oven would allow!) with natural food colours. A friend is looking to make her son a healthy but purple cake for his upcoming birthday and the challenge is too tempting to avoid becoming part of! The little cupcakes were purple when uncooked but after baking they'd mellowed to a purple-tinged brown. The icing was great, but perhaps too pastel for the cake in question. So, the quest continues. These icings though are made with pure cream and organic spinach for the green, and tinned blackberries for the purple. I experimented with adding in orange juice, vanilla seeds and coconut and these were all great additions for a different flavour.