I am making a cake for a friends birthday in a few weeks. I want to make the base a very vivid royal blue. My concern is that the blue will bleed onto the guests hands and turn their teeth blue. I have seen this happen in the past and am not sure how to prevent it, or if I am doing something worng to begin with when mixing up the color. Any tips or ideas?

Sharon

I tell my clients that really bright/dark colours may be better used as the details on the cake...as opposed to the background colour. With teeth-bleaching and chatting at parties, who wants a blue mouth??
It may also mean that fewer guests will actually take a slice, so maybe let her know that the cake she has spent good money on may not be enjoyed by many as many people as she'd like!

Some clients listen and others insist they want the colour. Oh well!