Has anyone make a dark blue cake. I want to make a navy blue cake, not the frosting the actual cake. Has anyone done this without ruining the taste of the cake. Should I start with something other than a white cake and if so what? I think if I try to add enough food color to make navy from a white cake its going to taste bad. 
I've seen recipes for Blue Velvet. It's just a red velvet cake with blue food coloring. Everything other than food coloring would change the flavor.
Use Navy Blue gel or paste colour. You won't need too much. Use shortening not butter and use egg whites only.
Now please tell us: because I have never been asked to bake any blue food other than a blueberry pie or blueberry muffins or blueberry filling in white cake. Is there a specific reason that it has to be that dark?
Yikes. You are going to have to add a TON of coloring to get a dark blue, and if you have whole eggs in your recipe then it might be even more difficult.
sillywabbitz, if you mix the blue into the red wouldn't you get a purple cake?
Heehee I meant use a red velvet recipe and use blue food coloring instead of red
I'm making a flag cake for my son's 4th of July b-day. I saw directions for a cake that when sliced the slices look like an american flag. I just made the red layers making a red velvet box mix and added white choc pudding and more red food coloring but it still looks more burgandy than red so I guess I better just stick to white cake with red food coloring. I do have navy blue gel food coloring. I just hope I don't ruin the flavor of the cake by using too much food coloring.
Thanks for all the advise. 
We are making a Navy cake with orange marble swirl for an Auburn Birthday cake - what ended up being the easiest and most successful?
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