[B]Help! Brown Icing Looks Red[/b]

Decorating By cat121481 Updated 12 Jan 2006 , 12:27am by auntiecake

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cat121481 Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 6:06am
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I am trying to make brown icing, but it looks like it has a red tint to it. I am using wilton colors. Is there anything I can do to salvage this icing. icon_cry.gif

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flytrap77 Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 6:42am
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Maybe try adding some green to it? Some times if my color isn't working out right I will add more plain icing to it and then start adding more colors... its helps to make the bad color less intense before you start adding additional colors. HTH

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YumFrosting Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 6:47am
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I always just add cocoa powder and make it chocolate, then I don't need to use brown coloring. I have found the brown color by Wilton kind of a "yucky" looking brown....the chocolate makes a better looking brown I think! So maybe you can turn it into chocolate, that is unless you don't want the flavor of chocolate...

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cat121481 Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 7:03am
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I used green to try to cancel the red since they are opposite one another on the color wheel. It worked fairly well. Not perfect but it's just for a family get together. I will remember the tip about the cocoa.

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flytrap77 Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 1:44pm
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Yep, cocoa or melted chocolate also does the trick! icon_biggrin.gif

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Gail Posted 11 Jan 2006 , 2:07pm
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I use cocoa as well....works great ....tastes great.

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auntiecake Posted 12 Jan 2006 , 12:27am
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I also use cocoa or melted chocolate. Sometimes w/cocoa you need a little more liquid, but it looks much bettter than Wilton brown color. Sometimes I use them together. By the way the brown does look better after it sits for a while. It gets darker just like the other colors.

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