The Elmo red is orange and red mixed. They say it's best to use "no taste" red. It takes a good bit of red, ok, alot of red to achieve the right color. If you've got access to americolor red get it. It only takes a fraction of color to get a good red.
I like using Super Red from Americolor..near the end I add a drop of yellow to brighten it up as it seems to be a bit muted..I do this with all my colors like Royal blue just to add a pop.
AAACCCk. I mistakenly picked up americolor's "red red", and have used the entire bottle, plus some powdered red, and I'm still not red. what do I do now? I'm an hour away from the cake store, and the weathers not great. I have wilton no taste red, Mccormicks liquid red and some more powdered red. I don't have to use it until tomorrow am. ANY help Please????
I had a student use the liquid red food coloring in place of the water in the recipe for a fire engine cake. It came out very red, and didn't affect the consistancy since you are replacing the liquid for the water.
I know this is going to sound totally weird, but...
Start with pink BC. Yes pink, I know, my EXACT response to this comment originally was..."Pink is just light red, if you add red to white you get pink so then you have to add more red to get red? Isn't that the same as adding tons of red which I was trying to avoid in the first place"?
No.
Use pink coloring to get a good pink color.
Then when you add the red you won't need half as much.
Trust me.
I got this tip from a baker, who, when she told me I thought she was CRAZY! Turns out she's a GENIUS!!!
I know this is going to sound totally weird, but...
Start with pink BC. Yes pink, I know, my EXACT response to this comment originally was..."Pink is just light red, if you add red to white you get pink so then you have to add more red to get red? Isn't that the same as adding tons of red which I was trying to avoid in the first place"?
No.
Use pink coloring to get a good pink color.
Then when you add the red you won't need half as much.
Trust me.
I got this tip from a baker, who, when she told me I thought she was CRAZY! Turns out she's a GENIUS!!!
your my freaking hero.....Not quite as red as I wanted, but a heck of alot better than the 2 batches of salmon buttercream I madel. LOL....It probably would have gotten a better red if I used Americolor, but had used it all and only had Wilton.....so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I know this is going to sound totally weird, but...
Start with pink BC. Yes pink, I know, my EXACT response to this comment originally was..."Pink is just light red, if you add red to white you get pink so then you have to add more red to get red? Isn't that the same as adding tons of red which I was trying to avoid in the first place"?
No.
Use pink coloring to get a good pink color.
Then when you add the red you won't need half as much.
Trust me.
I got this tip from a baker, who, when she told me I thought she was CRAZY! Turns out she's a GENIUS!!!
your my freaking hero.....Not quite as red as I wanted, but a heck of alot better than the 2 batches of salmon buttercream I madel. LOL....It probably would have gotten a better red if I used Americolor, but had used it all and only had Wilton.....so THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Wow !!! sounds awsome Im so going to try it this Wednesday night. Thanks for the tip
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