I made MMF for the first time! Should have done it sooner!
How can I color it so it is really red?
I have used quite a bit of Wilton's no taste red, but it is still pink. I am trying to make a Bertie Bott's bag of every flavor beans cake to take to a Harry Potter party in honor of the movie coming out tomorrow.
Any help is really appreciated! THANKS!
Unfortunatly alot of folks have the same problem with the Wilton red. I finally took some good advice from this board and got some Americolor Red. I will never go back. It is great stuff!
But for now, since I am assuming you don't have any on hand, mixing the no taste red and the christmas red to as dark as you can get it and letting it sit for a few hours is your best bet I think. The colors always deepen alittle as they sit.
Any one else with good advice??
It takes me about half of the wilton no- taste red and half of the red-red for one whole batch of mmf ...then I usually let it sit for a while so it can deepen. I have run out of red and usually have to run to walmart in the middle of the night to make it so i know that it works but Americolor does work better.
I agree that Americolor works much better to get dark colors. I finally got some this week. I colored MMF red for my boxing glove and i used way less than I would have with Wilton. I would've like mine a little darker now that I look at the picture. Last time i tried to get MMF red, I had to use a whole jar of Wilton.
I suggest leaving it the color you have it and painting it once the cake is done with dry color and lemon extract. You will get a really nice finish and it will deepen the color you have and make it red.
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