[Sca-cooks] Black Food: Was Crunchy Jello and Squid Ink

[Johnna Holloway]

One of the favorite family photos is one of my nephew
devouring a blue frosted cookie monster cake on his first
birthday. Mouth wide open with two teeth up and two teeth
below and a very blue tongue...

Johnnae

>> <grin>  All black icing makes one's tongue red!  Years ago I made a 
>> black
>> birthday cake with black roses.  Uses lots of food coloring and dyes the
>> fingers and the mouth!  Sure caught everyone's attention, though.
>> Alys Katharine
>
> You use less food coloring if you start with chocolate icing first. :-)
> Margaret FitzWilliam