Hello All,

This is my first post. I hope this works. I enjoy cake decorating very much and have "experimented" for about 25 years. I can never seem to get a true red color to my icing. Does any one have any tips about this.

Also - I am looking for a cake decorating class in the south central PA area.

Thanks for any help you can give!

Welcome to Cake Central! 25 years!? You're a pro, I'm sure!
I'm interested to see the answer to your question, too. I know other people have asked it and I'm sure there are other threads you could find if you searched through old forums.
I have never had a lot of luck with red..Although, last week, I used some candy color in my BC and the red was pretty good. I don't know if that was a no-no to use those colors, but the taste was fine.
Good luck!
Cindy

I've read in other forums that people color it orange first and then add red, that way you don't have to add as much red and the color that comes out is a nice deep red. Its worth a try.

Hello & Welcome....My Daughter did an Elmo Cake and the icing was a bit bitter. So we asked our instructor for help. She suggested we use the tube icing first for coloring and then add the no taste red. There was also a thread in this forum on using a red Kool-aid. I'm going to test small batches to see how it works out. Sorry I can't help any more than that. But your at the right place for asking and finding an answer.

I tint rose colour first then red with a touch of black and or burgandy. Would love to know how the kool aid works too.

Try using AmeriColor Reds. If you're using Wilton, it can be really difficult to get to red (takes a lot!) and if you do, even with no taste red, there can be a bitter aftertaste.

There was definetly a long thread here with peoples pictures and stuff using the no-taste red with red kool-aid. It looked quite nice to however, I personally have not tried it. They also mentioned that the icing took on the flavor of the kool-aid to, in this particular case I think it was cherry.

regymusic....

will do....


look for a report back on the results of my science project.


edited to thank Lisa....

Thanks Lisa, for the additional info. for my expierment



Gloria I

Americolors. americolors, americolors!
True red that deepens as it dries, beautiful! It does not taste bitter unless you use a lot by mistake (did this the first time I used it as I thought I would need a ton of color after using the Wilton colors). All their colors become richer over time, so don't be tempted to over do it!
Diane

I always add a bit of cocoa to it first and that gets it a nice deep red and tastes yummy, too

I was the one that posted the kool aid thread.. it really worked. look at my circus clown cake, i added cherry kool aid for the red (to wilton red which was going nowhere!)

Thanks everyone for the advice about a true red color. I will try some of the ideas.

A bit of cocoa worked for me when I tried to achive true burgundy. Try it, it actualy gives a taste of chocolate to decor as well, my family liked it enough!