Cake Frosting Blue

Pour batter into pans.

Cake frosting blue.

From time to time scrape the leftover frosting off to the bowl. Any white icing even ready to spread icing from the store could be used as the base for dark blue icing. It is simple to make and the royal blue color is beautiful. This is a wonderfully creamy frosting that goes well with pumpkin bread carrot cake chocolate cake on cookies or between cookies.

In a large bowl sift together the flour cocoa powder baking soda and salt. Now you have white frosting and half a cup of it you colored sky blue. A stunning royal blue frosting. If you want chocolate frosting add 1 4 to 1 2 cup cocoa according to how rich you want it.

It was probably in the 1950 s when she brought it home from her teaching job. Spread between layers and on top and sides of. This royal blue frosting is sure to be a showstopper at any event. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f. In a mixing bowl whisk together the flour cocoa powder baking powder baking soda and salt until combined. We make a lot of frosting. Dark blue icing is suitable for frosting cakes making layer cakes frosting cupcakes and decorating cookies.

The recipe is adapted from c h sugar s basic buttercream frosting. Blend cream cheese and 1 stick butter together in a mixing bowl. Start frosting the cake. Light colored frosting accepts food color readily.

100 drops is only about 1. You can mix these colors with a standard box of red r yellow y blue b and green g food coloring. The blue velvet cake is the original recipe that i got from my mother. Lightly grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans.

Fold in coconut and nuts. The combination of the striking royal blue color and delicious buttercream frosting makes it the perfect addition to your desserts. Mix 1 cup frosting with the drops indicated. Preheat oven to 350ºf line four 6 inch round baking pans with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray.

To make a first coating generously spread white frosting around the cake. Remove from heat and cool completely before frosting. My copy called for 2 teaspoons of cocoa which i immediately changed to 2 tablespoons so i am glad to see that this is the correct measurement. Our frosting color guide is chock full of all the food coloring formulas you will need to make delicious bright and beautiful frosting in all the colors of the rainbow.

How to frost the cake.