Sugarflair Red Extra Maximum Concentrated Food Colouring Paste, for Use with Sugar Pastes, Flowerpaste, Buttercream, Royal Icing and more - 42g

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Please Note: Customised or personalised items are excluded from the regulations and cannot be returned. Due to food safety concerns, ready-made cakes are not subject to return unless considered faulty or not fit for purpose. Liquid food coloring can throw off the consistency of youricing, especially if you have to add a ton to achieve the color that you’re after. Add in a generous squirt of red gel food coloring or about a 2 tsp of powdered red food coloring once the frosting is fully made, and beat on low until it reach the desired colored.

While we’re on the topic, I have one important piece of advice around making frosting in advance. As buttercream sits and/or thaws, it usually gets tons of tiny air bubbles in it!I love rainbow dust progel food colouring– I have used them for years, and I love them. I love that they are in a tube because they are easy to use – and get out what you want, without getting a spoon dirty and accidentally getting food colouring everywhere! It’s way easier to turn pink buttercream red than to start with a white buttercream base and make it red.

Red frosting is one of the worst offenders, and there are a few ways around this. The first option is to use a “no taste” red gel food coloring, which helps reduce the bitter aftertaste. I prefer to use a baking spread like Stork for the cake, and unsalted butter for the buttercream as I find they provide the best results. For teaspoon (tsp) and tablespoon (tbsp) measurements, please use measuring spoons* and not the type of spoons you eat with. Again this will ensure accuracy and provide the best results.

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Sugar: My favourite is golden caster sugar but regular caster sugar (superfine in the US) will work great too.

customers wishing to avoid alcohol can use water to thin but this will take longer to dry andwon't give as good a finish Most of my cakes are frosted with an American style buttercream frosting. My frosting is naturally pretty white, which makes it a great base to be colored! I always use the Americolor brand (not sponsored, just my very favorite food coloring)! I like to use the super red shade when making red buttercream. Alternative Food ColoringsWilton colours have often been quite iconic in the baking world for really good quality and strong colours – and I really love the basic set that you can buy! It has every staple colour that you may need in it, and I love them all. Use a sugar thermometer to eliminate the guesswork and stress. They’re cheap and handy to have around! I tend to gravitate more towards oil-based colours as they tend to incorporate better into any bake, but you will see below what I mean. I have given a selection of options which vary in price points, but generally – food colours are worth the investment. All brands below require so little for a strong colour result that they are worth it! It also allows you to use way less red food coloring, which I think we can all agree is the goal here. For a printer friendly version, see the recipe card at the end of this post) Ingredients and equipment