Additive-free cake recipe or cake mix

[goddessofdawn]

Would health food stores sell organic ingredients?

[Trillian]

Yes, and most supermarkets will sell organic ingredients these days as well.

[goddessofdawn]

Thanks.

[goddessofdawn]

How about natural food colourings for the icing? Say, juice from thawed frozen raspberries to colour a buttercream icing?

[luna moth]

Watch with your vanilla - get vanilla extract as opposed to vanilla essence, which is often made from vanillin, a by-product of the -ewwww- paper-making industry.

There's heaps you can do with natural colouring. Experiment - it's loads of fun! Fresh fruit poached in apple juice is a good way to make a nice little syrup.

[goddessofdawn]

I looked at vanilla *extract* but it also had 1 additive.... so I was thinking of using an actual vanilla bean?? Have never used these before, but I guess 1 bean would do....