Ready To Scream - Can't Get Red Of Course
Decorating By Wildgirl Updated 16 Jul 2011 , 12:27am by Wildgirl
I've used all my wiltons red, plus some food coloring, and started with 2 pks of black cherry kool-aid in the water. And it looks dark orange. Oh - I also added a bunch of blue as well.
I only have a JoAnn's near here - what should I do? They want dark red flowers - which I only found out last night. The original plan was purple. 
HELP!!
Royal icing to start, then buttercream. I need it for lettering and flowers.
I am heading to JoAnn's now - is it too cheesy to mix red silk flowers with white buttercream? Probably will look stupid.... I really wanted to do the ri lettering on waxed paper over computer letters and transfer to cake - it's all set up and waiting for the ri.... I hate the thought of doing it freehand!!
Why - every step of this cake has been a disaster! I can't imagine it finally working out. At least the cake tastes good, I have a good filling (all after much trial and error)
I'm really discouraged!
Royal icing to start, then buttercream. I need it for lettering and flowers.
I am heading to JoAnn's now - is it too cheesy to mix red silk flowers with white buttercream? Probably will look stupid.... I really wanted to do the ri lettering on waxed paper over computer letters and transfer to cake - it's all set up and waiting for the ri.... I hate the thought of doing it freehand!!
Why - every step of this cake has been a disaster! I can't imagine it finally working out. At least the cake tastes good, I have a good filling (all after much trial and error)
I'm really discouraged!
Royal icing to start, then buttercream. I need it for lettering and flowers.
I am heading to JoAnn's now - is it too cheesy to mix red silk flowers with white buttercream? Probably will look stupid.... I really wanted to do the ri lettering on waxed paper over computer letters and transfer to cake - it's all set up and waiting for the ri.... I hate the thought of doing it freehand!!
Why - every step of this cake has been a disaster! I can't imagine it finally working out. At least the cake tastes good, I have a good filling (all after much trial and error)
I'm really discouraged!
Royal icing to start, then buttercream. I need it for lettering and flowers.
I am heading to JoAnn's now - is it too cheesy to mix red silk flowers with white buttercream? Probably will look stupid.... I really wanted to do the ri lettering on waxed paper over computer letters and transfer to cake - it's all set up and waiting for the ri.... I hate the thought of doing it freehand!!
Why - every step of this cake has been a disaster! I can't imagine it finally working out. At least the cake tastes good, I have a good filling (all after much trial and error)
I'm really discouraged!
When is the cake due? Do you have time to mix this now and let it sit a few hours or even better, overnight?
It will darken after it sits a few hours.
red and blue make purple so don't add blue. You can add a bit of black to darken it but just a little bit at a time.
Royal icing to start, then buttercream. I need it for lettering and flowers.
I am heading to JoAnn's now - is it too cheesy to mix red silk flowers with white buttercream? Probably will look stupid.... I really wanted to do the ri lettering on waxed paper over computer letters and transfer to cake - it's all set up and waiting for the ri.... I hate the thought of doing it freehand!!
Why - every step of this cake has been a disaster! I can't imagine it finally working out. At least the cake tastes good, I have a good filling (all after much trial and error)
I'm really discouraged!
I'm sorry the last post multiplied - I kept getting an error so I thought it wasn't going through.
Just got back - our JoAnn's stinks. No red. No blue. A burgandy and a rose (wilton colors)
And I wasn't going to pay $7.50 (w/coupon) for some silk roses that I think are gross.
So. They will get white roses. I still don't know what to do about the lettering. I suppose I should try again with the burgandy, but I'm sure it won't work.
Do you have any premade red fondant?
Or you could make candy clay with red candy melts and make the roses/lettering out of that instead of buttercream and royal.
I would check back on the buttercream you colored earlier because it may end up being red enough in a few hours. I've had that happen many many times before.
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