text: Somehow I think you might have something else in mind, but since you asked:\n\nIf I remember my Mom in the kitchen when I was a child...\nOil, water and food color are 3 of the liquid ingredients for making cake frosting mix it with some sugar, corn syrup, salt and vanilla and you have the makings of a great cake decoration :)\n\nI suggest blue for boys and yellow for girls :)\n\n1/4 cup water\n1/4 cup shortening (oil)\n1/4 cup light corn syrup\n2 cups sifted powdered sugar\n14 teaspoons salt\n1/2 teaspoon vanilla\ndrops of food color as needed