I am making a crayon box cake....The directions call for gold icing????
Do I have to buy "gold color paste" or can I mix colors to make it?
Thank you for any infor

IMO I would buy the gold color...but then again I don't like to rely on "making" my own colors. You can always add a little of another color, but actually making the gold from the beginning may be harder! Good luck sounds neat!!

Anytime I need gold coloured icing I normally use yellow, then paint it with gold colour afterwards but I suppose it would depend how much gold you needed

There is a way to mix colors to make gold. i can't remember where I say it, maybe Baking 911? Not sure but if you can get the gold coloring, I would just use that. It's much easier to get the color right.


Rose

Gold = 10 parts Yellow, 3 parts Orange and 1 part Red


Di

When you say parts, how do you measure if you are using paste.

Hope this doesn't sound too dumb

Hi. Parts can be any unit that you choose to measure those ingredients. For paste I have sometimes used a toothpick or tip of a knife to scoop out color paste. According to that formula I would dip and scoop with my toothpick (or knife) 10 times into the yellow. (Get a fresh pick) Then 3 times in the orange and finally 1 toothpick scoop of red. Mix them together and theoretically speaking it should be a paste that produces gold.

-- Lazy

P.S. That doesn't sound dumb at all. Although I will be posting a few that come pretty darn close after I finish this.

Thanks so much for the information.

When I wrote that question, I really did feel like...duh, you should know.

Will this be close to the Winnie the Pooh gold? I hate to keep buying the colors made for him.

Glad to see another person from Virginia. My grandchildren live in Richmond.

I did a crayon box cake about 6 or 7 years ago. It was a lot of fun and still one of my favorite cakes thus far. I just used regular yellow though. I'd probably do it a little differently if I did it again. Good luck! Can't wait to see a picture.