I made a lady bug 'smash cake' for my niece's 1st today. When I frosted it last night I used an entire 'can' of wilton no taste red and ended up with a pinkish mauveish color ( I added a drop of black to help get it darker) I didn't have any more red, so that was going to have to do. Similar situation with the black, ended up with dark grey.
When I checked on it today the colors were dark red ( actually a little darker than what I had been trying for) and black black.
My question is: is this typical? Is this something that only happens with some colors? and should I just color my frosting the night before when possible?
Thanks!
First, I would avoid Wilton colors....they just are not stable....
Americolors work much better.
Jen 
Thanks!
I have been wanting to try the Americolors, but my family never gives more than two weeks notice and it's not sold around here.
I did notice that the colors seemed to separate a little, but just chocked it up to how much I had to use. I guess it's just one more reason to step up to the big girl products.
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