I'm making a Minnie Mouse cake (that's due tomorrow), and I can't seem to get my icing red enough. How do I get a nice, deep red without the bad taste?! I made the icing Wednesday night and hoped it would get progessively darker...NO SUCH LUCK TIA!

Did you try the Wilton "No Taste Red"? Add a little bit of purple to get the color to deepen. Or just keep adding more red.

In the future, I would recommend buying Americolor's Super Red. You don't have to use very much, it comes in a nice squeeze bottle, and there's no taste.

Good luck!

I did use Americolor...not sure what color it was...is SUPER red brighter than the other reds? (I think I bought candy red or something like that.)

What used to work for me was starting with yellow, then orange, then add your red.

I now just buy red icing and fondant; too lazy to deal with it anymore!!

HTH

To get a true Christmas red start with burgandy and then add red.

Thank you SO much for the replies! Headed home to try it out...keeping my fingers crossed

I usually add a little black. That really seems to help. Just b careful. A little goes a long way.

Hth

For the future, Americolor super red is awesome.

Jen

lindsey...let us know what you decided to do and how it came out.

start with pink!!! dye your icing to a bright pink then add red works every time!!

Wont help with this one but get chefmaster red. Takes very little, no bad taste and you get red instantly. Same goes for their black or any other color.

I try to buy my Red and Black icing. Soooo much easier.

personally I like the powdered coloring. I get great reds with it!

i use the powdered colours too!!