Name: Edible Oil Paint Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 tsp vegetable shortening (start with 1 tsp and add more as you need); 1 bottle of powdered food coloring (start with a little bit, add more to make color deeper); 1 piece of parchment paper

Published: October 29, 2015Last Updated: September 24, 2019By:Elizabeth Marek

Skill level: Newb
Learn how to make beautiful edible oil paints.

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Edible Oil Paint Recipe

A great recipe to create your own edible oil paints which work just like real oils, but are completely edible and usable on cake designs.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 5 mins

Serves: tsp

Calories: 43kcal

Author: Elizabeth Marek

Ingredients

▢ 1 tsp vegetable shortening start with 1 tsp and add more as you need
▢ 1 bottle of powdered food coloring start with a little bit, add more to make color deeper
▢ 1 piece of parchment paper

Instructions

Place the vegetable shortening on a piece of parchment paper.
Sprinkle food coloring onto the vegetable shortening.
Use an offset spatula to blend the color and shortening together, smashing the vegetable shortening down, then scraping up the color and shortening mix, and smashing it down again, to make sure the color thoroughly mixes with the shortening.
Add more food coloring as needed until you have reached the desired color.

Notes

If using edible oils with a stencil to apply a design to a cake, you need to buff the color off first before taking the stencil off the cake.

Use a paper towel or facial sponge to lightly dab the color so that when you take the stencil off the cake it won't disrupt the design.

Nutrition

Calories: 43kcal (2%) | Fat: 4g (6%) | Saturated Fat: 1g (5%)

One comment on “Edible Oil Paints”

These worked perfect for my Picasso art themed birthday cake!