vodka in the food coloring

by Mike Perez
(Hattiesburg Ms)

I was reading about one of the cakes that combined the food coloring with vodka and i was wondering why vodka over water?

The reason you add vodka as opposed to water is that the vodka will evaporate quickly. When you paint fondant cakes, the water will make them sticky. Vodka evaporates so quickly that it doesn't do this to the fondant and you get a much better results.