How to Make Brown Colored Frosting Out of Food Coloring

We all know that chocolate-flavored frosting is brown. The problem is that there are times you are baking a cake or some cupcakes when you don't want the chocolate flavor, but you need the brown color on your frosting. You can achieve this by mixing the food coloring in with your vanilla frosting.

Things You'll Need

  • 1 can of vanilla frosting
  • 7 drops of red food coloring
  • 4 drops of yellow food coloring
  • 1 drop of blue food coloring
  • 2 drops of orange food coloring
  • Glass mixing bowl
  • Metal spoon

Instructions

  1. Place your vanilla frosting in a glass mixing bowl. It doesn't matter which brand of vanilla frosting you use.

  2. Add the red, yellow, blue and orange food coloring to the vanilla frosting. These colors together make a nice brown.

  3. Mix the vanilla frosting with a metal spoon until all of the colors are combined. This may take a few minutes.

  4. Spread the brown frosting all over your cake or cupcakes and decorate as desired.