i am starting on making my first cake in the morning. Well I say first, it is my first that doesn't come out of the box. It's for my sons 4th birthday. I am doing a two layer Lightning McQueen cake with Buttercream icing. Does anyone have any tips for me? 
Lets just say that my first cake was a disaster. I did use the wilton pan and baking the cakes went fine. However, I also used the wilton icing color set that went with the pan and it was horrible. I couldn't get the colors to come out right. The red turned out pink after using almost a whole jar of color on 1/4 c of icing and the black turned out charcoal on about the same amount. I was very disappointed and ended up going to Wal-Mart and buying a sheet cake before his party. I was told by the bakery at Wal-Mart that this is the exact reason they don't use Wilton products. I have never heard anything bad about them, however, I am very disappointed.
yeah there are alot of complaints with red & black. its very hard to get those colors. i think alot on here use americolor but i think you still need alot. to get red i've read posts that people are using cherry koolaid but i'm not sure about getting black besides using alot of color. when i needed black for an FBCT i bought the wiltong decorating icing in the tube. goodluck with the cake.
I have use both Wilton and Americolor and like debbie2881 said you need a lot. I have found out if you have chocolate buttercream it will take the black coloring better. As far as getting a red color I use Wilton's red no taste and use almost the entire bottle. That way at lease the icing won't be bitter.
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