Deep Red Color? Ideas Please

Decorating By jo_ann Updated 1 Feb 2006 , 1:40am by jo_ann

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jo_ann Posted 30 Jan 2006 , 11:57pm
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Whats the easiest way to get a "deep" red color. Not as dark as burgandy but darker than the red(no taste). It's for an 11 x 15 sheet cake.

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MrsMissey Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 12:01am
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..any chance you have Americolor Red Red? That makes a nice deep red color.

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tye Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 12:03am
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can you add another color to it? Purple or even black?

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jo_ann Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 12:05am
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I have the red red but am afraid of altering the taste of the frosting (I read that somewhere). I could try adding black I think. Its for the whole cake not just decorations.

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cakesondemand Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 3:21am
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Start with putting cocoa powder in your icing to make it chocolate then add the red.

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ttatummm Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 5:35am
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Have you tried adding a bit of burgandy to the red. Just this last week I had the same problem. I was making red fondant, I added red(no taste) until it wasn't changing color at all, but it wasn't the deep red I wanted. So a added a bit of burgandy and got the perfect color.

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vicki0052 Posted 31 Jan 2006 , 5:38am
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On the kitchengifts website, they said to use cherry juice to get a pink color and then use the red paste color. It will get darker as it ages.

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jo_ann Posted 1 Feb 2006 , 1:40am
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Thanks I'll try the cocoa first. When I added burgandy I got more of a purple color. Maybe I didn't have enough red in it. And I got cherry juice too. I'll try anything to get this red. Thanks again to all of you

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