Edible Paints

There are a few ways you can create edible paints for icing.

If you're using the liquid food colours available in supermarkets (not concentrated) you'll probably be able to paint them strait on without diluting, but the gel/concentrated colours would need thinning and if you want to pick a particular shade then there isn't always a food colour to match.

The best way to work out how to make your paint is to first decide how you will give it colour, there are 3 main ways of doing this:

1. Tint Powder
2. Lustre Dust
3. Food Colouring

You then need to dilute the food colouring/dissolve the powder/dust to the required consistency and to some extent shade, this can be done with rejuvenator spirit (99.9% iso-propyl alcohol) or vodka.

For white paint, use Icing Whitener instead of a tint.

Then just paint on to the cake, and allow to dry.