This is probably the weirdest thing I've heard a bride tell me. She said that another baker (I didn't ask who) told her that you can't put the color blue on a cake because there aren't any blue foods (yes, I know blueberries, but that isn't the point) so it will look unappetizing and people won't want to eat the cake. 
What?? She didn't even want a lot of blue, just light blue accents here and there on the cake. I've heard some strange stuff before, but this one was worth commenting on. Very odd...
i know the no natually blue food bit (id say blueberries are actually purple). but to say it will look unapatising on a cake? i cant think of any luminous glow in the dark food (ok, apart from the tonic water) or luminous pink food either, but id still eat it!
slightly crazy lady i think.
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lol actually blue is supposed to be a unapatising color. I read a diet article one time that said you should have blue plates so that it would make you want to eat less....now let me say..i have blue dishes and it does not make me want to eat any less! 
Huh?? I've heard a few dillys, but that one is a brand new one!
So i guess there aren't really any Blue cakes in my *photos* -
Hmmmm - how odd - i would of sworn i had decorated in Blue - 
What 
she has never heard of Blue colouring coming from Quandongs -
Truth be told - she just doesn't like Blue and didn't want to do it -
BLUEhue 
lol actually blue is supposed to be a unapatising color. I read a diet article one time that said you should have blue plates so that it would make you want to eat less....now let me say..i have blue dishes and it does not make me want to eat any less!
I heard some story about Alfred Hitchcock throwing a dinner party and having all the food dyed blue to freak his guests out, but to put some blue on a cake? Wouldn't stop me from eating it!
So the baker refused to do her cake with blue accents because she thought it would make it look unappetizing? Oookay. She's right in theory, but it's a cake. A wedding cake, at that. If the bride wants a blue cake, you give her a damn blue cake. It will still be eaten either way.
Really 
- i love being asked to do Blue Cakes - so many different shades out there - they are so *in vogue* over here - aen't they where you are from?
I'm curious - What is actually unappetizing about Blue that people have a problem with -
That's the bit i don't get - peoples theory about blue - most odd.
Bluehue.
lol actually blue is supposed to be a unapatising color. I read a diet article one time that said you should have blue plates so that it would make you want to eat less....now let me say..i have blue dishes and it does not make me want to eat any less!
I've never heard that before...but my dishes are all different shades of blue and there's not a single one that makes me want to eat less Sounds like one of those ideas like only eating with chopsticks or only eating while standing up...
Really
- i love being asked to do Blue Cakes - so many different shades out there - they are so *in vogue* over here - aen't they where you are from?I'm curious - What is actually unappetizing about Blue that people have a problem with -
That's the bit i don't get - peoples theory about blue - most odd.
Bluehue.
The theory is that since there are no blue foods in nature, psychologically, people don't find things that are blue to look appetizing. It's a fairly well-known idea, even to people who don't cook much. It's sort of the way most fast food places are done in orange/brown/reds - it's a psychological thing that makes people not want to stay there too long. It's not calming and relaxing (like blue is) so people tend to leave in a more timely fashion. It's subtle.
I do a lot of blue cakes, I just thought it was weird to refuse to put blue accents on a cake. The entire thing wasn't blue anyway, just two ribbons on it.
If we're talking unappetizing, what about the kitty litter cakes? Or the pile of poo cakes? Those don't have any blue on them but they're still unappetizing!
Back in the day, I studied to be a clinical psychologist and read lots and lots of studies on a variety of topics And YES numerous studies over the years have definitely shown that people find blue in an UNappetizing color for food. That said, I've certainly done blue accents on a cake.
All those poor little baby boys who baby shower cake will be pink... instead of blue HAHA
Hmmm, so i am guessing that most of you on this thread have never heard of the Blue Quandong
It is Native to Australia - but perhaps not shipped or stocked in a store near you.
Here is a little extract for you -
Blue globular fruits that ripen between August and February, in subtropical rainforest areas. The outer part of the fruit is fleshy, and encloses a very hard stone with a deeply pitted surface which contains 5 cells, some of which are small and rudimentary.
What do you think Blue Jelly is made from - ?
Blue Quandong Jam - ?
Yes, a natural Blue Food in Nature.
Mike - are you kidding me
That would have to of been a American/French chef from some Cooking School wouldn't it?
Good grief - i have seen beautiful Blue and White cakes in France...
and eaten them
Struggling to believe that people think Blue is not aceptable or so widely used throughout Europe and here in Australia.
There's a whole wide world out there - filled with Blue cakes - 
In France as well -
cblupe
- and we even have Blue Roses over here now - 
Thank god we have have come along way in the last 20 years - and that not only have times changed but opinions.
Otherwise we would all be stuck back in the *back in my day* when all cakes were white with a bloody red rose piped on top - 
Still laughing at the *no natural blue foods in nature* - too funny
Peoples - you need to travel more - out side of the States - there is a whole blue world out there ..............................seriously.
Even on cakes -
If there was no blue, I would not be decorating cakes.............blue is my favorite color................and who said "no natural blue in nature"...........ever seen a blue hydrangea???????????
I think the whole consept of blue food and appetit is twaddle. It has never put me of eating but here is an interesting link that people might have a good chuckle at.
http://www.colormatters.com/appmatters.html
I have even dyed the actual cake blue as having 5 sons blue has been a big colour in my home for 16 years.
Back in the day, I studied to be a clinical psychologist and read lots and lots of studies on a variety of topics And YES numerous studies over the years have definitely shown that people find blue in an UNappetizing color for food. That said, I've certainly done blue accents on a cake.
I have a master's in counselling psychology...Is there something about dealing with psych patients that makes you turn to cake or something? I decided that cake doesn't try to curse you out or hit you, and you don't have to restrain it on the floor when it's acting out, so it was better than what I was doing for work.
Edited to add: I'm not disputing the studies that say blue is an unappetizing color for food, but I think it's silly to think that you can't put blue on a cake. And it's pretty random to tell a client that you won't put blue accents on a cake because people won't want to eat the cake if you do!
I used to work with a chick who hated blue roses, hated them.
LOL, the first wedding cake I ever made the bride wanted red velvet, but wanted the actual cake to be dyed to match her wedding colors (one layer each of burgundy, forest green, and dark blue) instead of the traditional red. I did as requested, and so when the cake was cut and served, everyone had a piece of striped burgundy, forest green, and dark blue cake on their plates. And all the guests (I was at the wedding, it was a friend of mine and I did the cake and directed the wedding) ate every last bit of the cake, the blue layer included, and a lot of them came back for seconds. So I guess even blue dyed cake is ok.
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