Ok... so the school colors in my town are RED, very RED.. and i am hoping to need to make many graduation cakes in the spring..
I just had my Wilton 1 class final cake and thought i would go ahead and begin to learn making RED. BUT... Red was way hard, i think i used HALF a jar of red coloring. Then i added black. Then more red. Then purple, thinking well.. purple is blue & red. maybe it will deepen the red.
Any tips or easier way to get a real RED?
Thanks
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I use the all crisco buttercream icing for my coloring and use Americolor or Chefmaster icing coloring, hope this helps
Sorry, I don't have an easy way to make red...it usually just takes a lot of coloring! If i have to make a lot of red, I usually airbrush...but you can also start with pink, then add your red to deepen it to your desired shade. I like to use the wilton, no-taste red coloring-but the red-red will give you a deeper shade!
BTW, ...your shade of red that you ended up with is really pretty, reminds me of fresh roses from the florist!
I use the Americolor Red, and it works nicely. I still have to use quite a bit, but it colors way better than any other. Make your icing a few days in advance and it will darken as it sit. When I made the red cake in my pics, it was actually a salmon like color when I stopped adding color and 3 days later it was Red.
HTH,
Berta
I second what MrsMissey and the others have said...Americolor! I am jumping in, but where would I buy Americolor?
For red I like to use powdered food color. This will not alter the taste of your icing and will yield a deep color if you make it early and let it sit overnight. You'll still use quite a bit of the coloring, but it's worth it not to have bitter tasting icing.
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