This is driving me crazy!! lol...how can I make purple buttercream and have it stay purple? Every time I make it, it always fades to a bluey color. I use wilton paste colors cause that is all thats available here. Someone please help me before I pull my hair out. I have a wedding cake to do this weekend and she wants the cupcakes iced in purple. I really need this to turn out. Thanks in advance

I believe someone had this similar problem on "Fabulous Cakes". The purple fondant she made was fading. She ended up airbrushing her fondant purple so that the color would stay.

~Kim

Try adding a little bit of milk to your buttercream. It works for me.

Just add a little bit of milk to your icing and it will turn purple.

Not to try to hijack the thread but any suggestions for purple fondant to stay purple?

I think I remember reading in another thread to put 1 tsp of baking soda into your icing or fondant. But I could be wrong.