Red White and a Funny Shade of Blue Recipe

Red White and a Funny Shade of Blue

June 30, 2013 by Sandra 14 Comments

Raise your hand if you have ever been stomped trying to come up with a blue food for the 4th of July. Yes, we can use blueberries even though they are more purple-ish. Trying to tint white frosting or white cake a deep blue is nearly impossible so we settle for a nice shade of blue that is no where near the color associated with Independence Day.

I have wasted lots of ingredients, time and effort combining blue food coloring with black and purple to achieve the color I want. Sometimes the darker the frosting the more bitter it is. Nothing ruins a perfectly good dessert than a bitter taste.

In an effort to stop beating my head against the wall…