today i made some b/c and colored it i did green, brown, black, pink and red. when i tasted the pink color icing i spitted it out. it tasted awful.... is their any way to get raid of that taste with something so that i won't have to throw it all away. all the other icing taste good. and with the red i can't get it to come out red it stays like a rose color. thanks for your help

shaddi

I know if you use a lot of coloring it will change the flavor especially if your using a lot of red. Which brand of coloring are you using? I use Wilton's no taste red. Ive heard from this site that Americolor is really good.

Yes, Americolor! Especially for the red. I cannot get a true red with wilton paste.

You might also try using powdered food color when making the dark, deep colors. It has no taste and will prevent the need to use a lot of gel color.

I, too, strongly recommend Americolor over all others.

Can't help about the taste, but I have found that once my color sets up (a few hours or the next day), it tends to be more tru to color than when it is freshly made.

yes i use the wilton colors. so their is no way of getting the taste out what if i put in more vanilla flavor or almond i would hate to through out all that b/c...

shaddi

Don't forget that you can start coloring from chocolate buttercream depending on the color you want, like black. That will help with your flavor issues.

I use Wilton's no taste red mixed with christmas red for a bright primary red and it works every time. It doesn't leave a foul taste either. I also use 2 t. pure vanilla extract and 1 t. wilton butter flavor.

Start with pink then add your red. Uses less red and avoids the bitter taste. Also let it set for several hours and the color will intensify.

I think she's asking how to fix the icing she's already made so she doesn't have to throw it out.

I don't know how to do this, but maybe somebody else does?

yes, that is what hse's asking....she's already got the red but it tastes icky....and I am sorry but I do not know how to fix it...anyone else???

I dont' see how this batch of icky semi-red icing can be saved. But if you're set on saving it I would think just addding it to more white bc to create a huge batch of pink
I don't know how picky you are about your icing but whenever I am going to need red (which is mostly used for accents anyway) I buy the tubes of ready made icing from the grocers and us it as my starter. That is I add it to my own bc and then add more food color. Also, make your reds one or two nights before so the icing can really take in the food color and then add more from there. Good luck.

Maybe just make another batch of buttercream with no color to add to the pink batch. It will change the color for sure, but I don't know if it will help the taste or not. If it's very strong bitter it probably won't help much, but if it is mildly bitter this could help I think. This is the only thing I could think of that may help get rid of the bitter flavor.

same post at same time LOL

i just did what DiscoLady said to do i went to the store and bought a all ready made tube of icing i think it was DH strawberry flavor and i add it to the icing and it taste good now.. thank goodness cause this cake is due tomorrow.... well as for the red i just am not using it cause it's not red i bought also the Red liquid food coloring and it just made it more orange or peach color so i put off to the side for another day... i am going to be looking into buying americolor so i won't have this problem again... thank you all for your help.....so i got one cake down and starting on the other.....

shaddi

Do you think adding red Jello or Kool-Aid would help improve the flavor?

that's an idea i've never have tried that.... i'll do that next time ..........