Can I turn Chocolate BC red? I am doing a mini mouse cake, one tier is red, and the whole cake is done in chocolate. RED IS A NIGHTMARE to try and make from white BC, so can I do the red tier with chocolate BC as a base, and turn it red??? mini mouse red is a rich red...just want to hear your thoughts!
I was going to use wilton no taste red, but is there another brand that works better that won't make the icing bitter? And while making red bc, it always turns out pink, so not really sure why"starting with pink" should matter???? I will still be making pink that will turn to red right!?!?!?
americolor super red is great but don't forget to let it sit after you make it, as it will darken with time.
To get that nice red color, If I am using one single BC recipe (I use edna's) How much color should I add? Wilton is 1oz bottles, americolor is .75 oz bottles...need an entire bottle???
I am not sure but I don't think that you will need a whole bottle of americolor's. I never pay attention to that. I just go by how it looks.
To get an 'Elmo' red I needed 1.5 bottles of Wilton red red for 1 lb of frosting.
Yup. But the damn thing wouldn't go red enough otherwise. I'm still trying to get it out of my tupperware!
THANK GOODNESS I got a set of stainless steel bowls for xmas so I won't have to fool with plastics holding colors and flavors or glass ones breaking (I have trouble with glass, I seem to break it every time I touch it...its a curse) I will buy the chefmaster or americolor. americolor is sold at hobby lobby, but the chefmaster i have to order..we will see!
I was going to use wilton no taste red, but is there another brand that works better that won't make the icing bitter? And while making red bc, it always turns out pink, so not really sure why"starting with pink" should matter???? I will still be making pink that will turn to red right!?!?!?
Some people have had good luck using "hot pink" coloring first, then adding red.
Chef master only takes a few drops so it's a money saver.
OK, I want some!! why have I never heard of this before? Are any colors especially superior to other brands?
Red and black are superior to anything else I have ever used. I get it from Dixie's Icing locally but you can do a google search and there are several sites that sell it. I used it for the catsup on my hamburger cake if you want to see how red it is. I used it as soon as I made it so it didn't sit to get darker.
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