How many of you uses Oil to add flavor to your cake or icing? I never tried it and would like some feed back. I am thinking off purchasing some oil and but it my fondant, buttercream and cake. What is your view? Is the oil flavor to overwhelming?
I have used several of their oils. I feel they are stronger than the average extract, so a little does go a long way.
My all-time favorites that I really enjoy: Lemon, orange and peppermint.
Least liked: Honey (It smelled too much like cough syrup to me.)
The Praline flavor reminded me more of an unusual Butterscotch somehow. I really didn't care for it.
Have fun experimenting. 
-Debbie B.
I have a bunch of their oils, and love them! Bavarian Cream is probably my fav, a drop or two in my buttercream is lovely.
You have to use it sparingly. Once I did cake balls and added too much orange cream, and it was soooo strong. I had to add more cake to balance the flavours.
Creme de Menthe is great too, especially with a chocolate icing! Mmm.
I bought a bunch of them off eBay (got a killer deal). I like adding Praline to my white cake, thats really yummy. I also like to add orange to chocolate ganache, that is VERY good. I was very supprised by how little the bottles were, and then how little I needed to put a strong flavor into something. Hazlenut is good in hot cocoa (a drop will flavor three or four mugs!)
I agree, these oils are great for adding that touch of flavor. I've also added caramel and banana cream to sugar cookies. YUM! This week I made egg nog flavored sugar cookies for neighbor gifts. It is very, very good! The cookies taste so festive. I love trying new flavor combos with cakes and icings too.
Hi majormichel,
Cotton Candy is also great.
Can anyone tell me how long the oils last once the bottle is opened?
Tammy
I use Lorann oils for making lollipops and hard candy. They are definitely stronger than extracts you can buy from the grocery store. The peppermint, spearmint, and cinnamon are ALOT stronger than all of the others. I made red hot candies the other day and added a little too much. I ended up having to open all the windows in the kitchen and front room because the smell was burning my eyes and nose.
Some of my favorite flavors are bavarian cream, chocolate, coffee (ANOTHER STRONG ONE, but makes yummy fondant if you need a dark color), peach, caramel, cheesecake, abd mint chocolate chip.
You can also look on getsuckered.com and they have alot more flavors in the oils than Lorann. I've only tried the buttered popcorn but it was almost as strong as the Lorann brands.
Just a drop. Like, 1/8 full of a 1/4 teaspoon measure. Thats the best I can explain it. Drop at a time, taste and see if you need more. Probably won't!!
I have used them occasionally, and find them to be very, very strong, and if used the amount recommended on the bottle, the taste was too strong and overwhelmingly artificial. Use half of what is recommended.
I bought some off ebay and I got an awesome deal too. I bought 2 for the price of one. Once you open the bottle, the flavor is still strong. It doesn't evaporate. I love the Cotton Candy and the Orange Cream. I use it in my buttercreams. Like the ladies say, "A drop goes a LONG ways.."
I have a bunch of their oils, and love them! Bavarian Cream is probably my fav, a drop or two in my buttercream is lovely.
You have to use it sparingly. Once I did cake balls and added too much orange cream, and it was soooo strong. I had to add more cake to balance the flavours.
Creme de Menthe is great too, especially with a chocolate icing! Mmm.
How does creme de menthe taste?
The creme de menthe tastes really good. I've added it to my buttercream, chocolate buttercream, chocolate cookies and chocolate cake and they were all yummy!
I uesd the raspberry to make my blue stars for the top of my Christmas Cupcakes. I followed the recipe on the LorAnn pamplet, and it was a nightmare. We had to throw them all out, and I mean way out to the street. I stunk so bad like something nasty burning. I think possibley that I used to much, 2 drams, but that's what the recipe called for. Then my blue stars turned green. Go figure.
I tried it again using Tones flavoring, and it tasted a lot better, but they still turned green. Gave up on that one.
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