Royal Blue Like The Graduation Color
Decorating By makenice99 Updated 24 Jun 2007 , 3:46pm by makenice99
Help,
I have a cake due Wednesday for my nephew's graduation so for the first time I am working on a time line so that I don't rush and have time to take pictures before leaving for the party.
His school colors are Gold and Royal Blue. I am making the cake white with Royal blue borders but I can't get the shade of blue. I brought royal blue used have the jar and a dash of purple ( It worked great on the gumpaste for the book marker) but it's not working for my buttercream.
Any ideas? 
I did a grad cake last year with the same colors. I took a lot of the wilton royal blue, but I let it set in the fridge overnight and it came out darker than when it went in. Oh, and my cake was done in all buttercream. HTH
I just did the same color for my Father's Day Cake and the color came out great. It did take like half of the Royal Blue and it is all buttercream.
I don't know if this will help or not, or even if it applies to your situation, but the other day I was making a cake with lots of pastel colors. One of the colors was to be a light blue. I used Wilton's Sky Blue paste coloring. It turned into a beautiful shade of turquoise. 
Well, that was not exactly what I wanted so I used some more of the white I had and tried just a tiny bit of Wilton's Royal Blue paste coloring. The results were the same. 
I started thinking about what could have gone wrong, then I realized what had happened. 
I was using buttercream icing with Land O' Lakes butter which is 
- yellow!!! Blue and yellow make 
- green!!! Thus I got turquoise. Are you using a "white" buttercream, or are you using butter in yours as well?
Good Luck and HTH!
LadyMike 
Lu9129: If you have the royal blue and add a pinch of black little by little it turns to a nice navy. (It did when I was using it on my gumpaste)
LadyMike: I am using the Sam's buttercream which is white. I don't know what happened. Last night I made the perfect shade of royal blue gumpaste for my bookmark and tassle, however the same color are not working for the buttercream which is also white. Why is that?
Right now its in the fridge and its a blueish gray. I used 1/3 of the small wilton jar and I guess I will try another 1/3 tommorow. I just don't want to ruin the taste like when you use to much red.
Thank you all for your suggestions.
[LadyMike: I am using the Sam's buttercream which is white. I don't know what happened. quote]
I needed the same color -- once was for a graduation cake and another time for a wedding cake. I used the Snow White BC and it took A LOT of royal blue powder. I didn't notice a bad taste, though. If I were you I would take a small amount and load it with the paste, gel or whatever until you get close to the desired color, let it sit overnight, then taste it for yourself. Since it's Sam's Club buttercream, maybe a call to their bakery would help.
I was planning on buying Sam's BC but hate to make the long trip to the club if it's not quite what I'm looking for in a BC. Since you're using it, would you mind very much describing the product to me?
Does it easily give a nice smooth finish and work well for roses?
Is it firm and creamy or more fluffy/sugary and does it crust? (I'm hoping it's the same frosting I tried recently at a party.) I usually use Wilton's Snow White BC but I'd rather not make it myself if I don't have to ... plus it's getting expensive for my 'freebies'. The SC BC sounds like a great buy and convenient, too. I'd really appreciate any description. Thanks in advance.
SweetObsession: Hi, well this will be my second time using it. The first cake was a nightmare nothing to do with the buttercream but I was too fried to give a review. I will be taking my time and working with it this week and then I can give you a complete review. But as far as it being convient to have it on hand. It's a total blessing. It also taste better than the Wilton can buttercream to me.
Ladymike: Thanks, I'm keeping my fingers cross.
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