OK i am working on a elmo cake i had everything planne =d out i knew it would be a late night of baking and making my icing. I got all the icing made and began coloring it my red just wont turn red!!!!!! i dont know what else to do i have americolors. i added a whole bottle of the super red and its still pink. So i put it in the fridge and walk away 2 hours later i go back still pink so i rummage through my colors and find some wilton no taste red i add 1 1/2 bottles to the icing still pink. I dont know what to do this cake is being delivered tomorrow afternoon. I dont have alot of time left i need to get a crumb coat on my cakes soon.

Susan

Hi Susan, I don't know what else to say to do, except get to Walmart for more Wilton red, since there isn't anyplace else to go! I can't imagine why you aren't getting red with what you have put in...is this an extra large batch of icing?

If you have orange and yellow on hand it might make red, I'm not sure (try a small amount to test it). Sorry I'm not much help, but at least you aren't alone! Janice

thanks janice no its not a large batch just a single batch of red. now i am scared to color the others colors i need lol i have the blue done i still need yellow and green. I can not have a pink elmo im not sure adding any more red will help i mean amazingly enough its not bitter yet lol i would like to keep it that way maybe i can add some orange and see what happens if it doesnt work i can always buy that precolored stuff they sale int eh tubs if nothing else works i guess thats what i will do cause i cant think of anything else

The more I think about the orange and yellow, the more crazy it sounds, don't know what I was thinking about, because it doesn't make sense!
As usual I can't find a color chart when I need one.
Janice

I finallly found a color chart! It says to one red red add one touch black! I guess that makes about as much sense as orange and yellow! Janice

Hi Susan, hope you get your red icing! Sorry I wasn't more help! Got to get bed now. LMK how it goes! Janice

Get it as dark as you can and then possibly use a can of spray red? Or airbrush if you have one?

i havent tried anything yet its 2:30 am i will add a touch of black i do have some of that. maybe it will make it alittle more red and not so much pink. wish me luck.

I know it might be too late but you could get the red chocolate melts from WalMart and start your icing with that then add your food coloring. Should get you a red

Lazy_Susan

I reaad in an awesome post by someone not too long ago to NOT add black to darken colors! Whoo ever it ws knew all the right ones to add to achieve certain results! I wish I could remember who! I hope they will read this thread and come to your rescue

You know I had an issue with the Super red not turning the icing red either. I actually ended up chucking the batch out because it was this disgusting off red pink orangish gross colour What worked was when I had separated the icing into smaller bowls to colour them, and I put just a couple drops and it was such a nice bright red! (in my photos the picture of the Valentine lip cookies). Maybe oh maybe if you divided up the icing and tried colouring it that way it would work? I'll cross my fingers for you that the icing finally turns red!

ok guys crisis is over. i did add a touch of black and mixed it put a lid onit and went to bed. got up work on a few things and went to the dentist came home and we had red!!!!! thank you to everyone who helped me i was really tired and panicing last night

Susan

GLAD IT WORKED OUT FOR U!

I wish I'd been up and caught your post in the wee hours this morning! I'd have told you to just put a lid on it and put it in the fridge and go to bed...lol Every time I've ever made red I always add more than I think it would need, incorporate it well and then just cover and stick in the fridge. No matter how pink it looks then, by the time I take it out to use it it's always super, super red! lol I've even had the problem of adding so much color that the icing was starting to 'break' because of so much red coloring...lol. Finally, I just started saving myself the worry and now I make any red icing 1-2 days before I need it....keeps me from adding too much color and always ends up a nice dark red. Sorry you had so much trouble & glad it turned out ok in the end for you!!

I am glad it all worked out. That is wierd about Americolor super red. I have been using it and never have a problem getting a good red. I do not even have to let it sit.

I have also had good results getting red when I started with pink icing first.