Guest Instructor Angela Nino of The Painted Box shows how to make edible watercolor washes.
Edible watercolor is the perfect medium to use on pretty much anything. Fondant, gumpaste, modeling chocolate, royal icing, wafer paper and more. The colors react very much like real watercolors and because it's made with alcohol, the liquid evaporates very quickly leaving behind only the color. This is really important because if you use water, the liquid tends to dissolve the sugar and cause a soppy mess.
I first learned about edible watercolor from the amazing Angela Nino of The Painted Box. She makes these incredible cookies with gorgeous artistic watercolor effects. She's an artist at heart and her cookies are her medium. I was so excited when she shared this recipe with us because it really has become a staple in my cake decorating and I owe it all to her genius 😀
Check out the full tutorial on how to make edible watercolors below
Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 ounces everclear or other high-proof grain alcohol
- 1 Tablespoon food coloring
Instructions
- Place your food coloring into a glass jar
- Pour in your Everclear
- Mix and cover with the lid. Let the mixture cure overnight.
- Strain out the gel clumps. Now your edible water color is ready to use.
ROSEMARIE T says
HOW TO YOU GET A BROWN THAT DOES NOT TURN GREEN?
Raymona Holten says
Use clear vanilla, or lemon extract instead.
RD says
Do they harden?
The Sugar Geek Show says
Does what harden?
kecia says
what's the shelf life?
Cheryl says
In rhe wrtten instructions it says "mix', meaning swirl, or with a spoon? In the video, you swirl. Just asking.
Elizabeth Marek says
Mix means to combine it together. It doesn't matter what tool you use.
Jennifer says
How long can these water colors keep once they are made? Should they be kept on the shelf or in the fridge?
Elizabeth Marek says
They are shelf stable. They don't go bad