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

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Use a sugar thermometer to eliminate the guesswork and stress. They’re cheap and handy to have around! The food colouring world is an absolute minefield, and I don’t blame anyone for a being a little perplexed as to which brand to buy! This buttercream can be made weeks in advance and stored in the fridge until you’re ready to use it. Whether you’re making a cake for Christmas, Valentine’s Day or an Angry Birds cake, I hope these tips help you make the brightest, most delicious red buttercream!!

Below are the most important tips I learned while testing out what ingredients and methods work best for making bright red frosting. Use The Right Type of Food Coloring although not necessarily present in this particular product, the colours used across theentire icing colouringrange may include the coloursE102, E104, E110, E122 & E129 - which may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in some children Allow each layer to cool completely before moving onto the next step. This will give you nice clean layers. If you try this red frosting recipe, please tag me @chelsweets and use #chelsweets so that I can see your amazing creations.The cake should be stored in an airtight container in a cool place and will last for 3-4 days. You can freeze the sponges either alone, or decorated. Once the sponges are fully cool, wrap them well with cling film or put them in an airtight container with some baking paper between them. You can freeze the buttercream on it’s own in a tub, or you can decorate the cake and freeze it fully assembled. To do this and avoid damage to the decoration, freeze it either in an airtight container. Or let it freeze solid on a cake board or plate, then wrap in cling film. Remove the cling film when you take it out to defrost it, if you don’t it could damage the decoration as it defrosts and softens. You can also freeze slices of the cake, again well wrapped in cling film or in airtight containers. Can you make the cake with plain/all purpose flour?

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. There also are some wonderful natural red powdered food colorings. If you’re looking for a natural way to make red buttercream, I suggest going this route.

If you make the frosting a few days (or more) in advance, the color of the frosting will deepen over time. Allowing the buttercream to sit out at room temperature (usually as it thaws) is what really deepens the color. Wilton also have the white colouring that I often use on my blog with recipes such as my rainbow cake, and my blogs 7th birthday cake. It’s quite liquid in comparison to the other colours, but I really do love it! Give your cakes an extra bit of sparkle with Sugarflair's collection of food colouring and other edible products. Sugarflair paste colours and products are ideal for anyone looking to add the perfect finishing touch to their cake! If it helps, I use all of these brands for all jobs…. colour sponges, colour buttercream, colouring ganache. It can be difficult sometimes to get the colour you want, but that comes with practice! Generally with buttercream for example, a colour will develop over time, so don’t be worried!

Read through the whole recipe before you begin. Sounds really simple but not doing this has tripped me up on more occasions that I care to admit! Spare yourself any nasty surprises. I love the pink from the colour splash set and used it on the drip for my rainbow cake– and it made such a vibrant and beautiful pink colour with so little added to the ganache! It also works with even less, to make a beautiful pale pink such as with my 29th birthday cake! NOTE: If possible, make this frosting at least three days in advance. As you thaw the frosting, let it sit out overnight at room temperature to develop a super deep red color. Please note: Edible printers will lose their warranty if you use edible icing sheets with the printerI love using the blue progel colouring– I used it on the blue layer of my rainbow cake, and for the buttercream in my rainbow explosion cake. It’s definitely an arm workout, but after working the frosting around the bowl and pushing out the excess air, you’ll be left with silky smooth frosting. Avoid The Bitter Taste 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. 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. 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!

customers wishing to avoid alcohol can use water to thin but this will take longer to dry andwon't give as good a finish 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 Colorings 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! Heat in 10 second intervals, stirring after every time, until two thirds melted. When at this stage, don't microwave again - simply stir until it's completely melted. For the brightest red shade that stays vibrant and strong after baking, use a good quality professional food colouring. My favourite brands are Pro Gel and Sugarflair. Sugarflair do a shade called Red Extra, which is excellent for red velvet cakes.

Can this cake be made in different size cake tins?

Flour: You need regular plain/all purpose flour for this, don’t use self raising as it has raising agents in it which we don’t want in a brownie. Make your frostingahead of time or save any leftover frosting! It can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a month, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.