Agree on the Americolor Chocolate Brown, the client didn't want chocolate but needed dark brown. Brown takes a lot of color, have you let it sit for a couple of hours to darken?
If your client doesn't care.....add the cocoa. you may need to add a tad bit more liquid to it if it seems a little dry.
Red and green will make brown as well, and try to let it sit so the color will develop.
I use red and green to make my brown all the time, it seems to take less color and you can control the type of brown you make.
Also mix in a little glycerin, that should bring it all back together again, I don't know how it works but I've had to do it a few times with Royal Blue.
I have noticed that with the wilton coloring also. When I have made a dark red color it looked grainy. I don't know what does it but I have had that problem with wilton. I do like americolor better but did not have red. I am sorry I don't have another suggestion just wanted you to know it probably isn't your icing it is the coloring.
They don't want chocolate. Why is it that my icing looks a little grainy. If I start to wash a spoon, all the brown will wash off and I am left with the white shortening showing. It doesn't seem to mixing together very well....
Most likely it's undissolved salt in your frosting. Try using a superfine salt (popcorn salt).
Red and green will make brown as well, and try to let it sit so the color will develop.
I use red and green to make my brown all the time, it seems to take less color and you can control the type of brown you make.
Also mix in a little glycerin, that should bring it all back together again, I don't know how it works but I've had to do it a few times with Royal Blue.
I never knew why some people use glycerin in their icing. So it to keep the icing from getting that seperated look? Thank you so much for this info!
Glycerin works wonders in thinning or *undrying* some paste colors.
The color will deepen upon setting. My kids accussed me of making Spiderman 'pink' and were really freaking out until the cake set for a few hours, then the color was red.
My husband did the same thing, I was making red bc and he said " that looks pink?" I told him to just wait and see, and sure enough a few hours later it was bright red!
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