Color is the key ingredient to your cake decoration, since the perfect icing colored cake will add to the beauty of any occasion. So make sure you know the best ways to choose the perfect icing color. You can gather information from the theme of your celebration and the icing colors you choose will complement with each other. Icing can be formed into various shapes such as flowers, leaves or any other shape using a pastry bag. Such decorations are commonly used to decorate birthday and wedding cakes. Food coloring is commonly added to icing mixtures to obtain desired color.
To create icing color, begin with using a paste or powder icing color. This paste or powder icing color is specially formulated for coloring icing. They are thick and intense, giving strong or deep colors without affecting the consistency of your icing. Generally, using food colors not only will make your icing thin, but will limit your color options. If the icing consistency changes and becomes thin, you may find it difficult in creating intensive decoration or piping some decorations.
A useful tip is when going to make deep colors, such as black, brown, red, orange or royal blue, always make sure to use paste food colors in greater amounts than normal. Deep or vivid colors are recommended for strong tint only. Royal icing requires more color than butter cream icing to get the similar color intensity.
You can also get striping effects when you are frosting a cake. This can be obtained when you are piping with an icing bag. You can add creative colors to your cake with a two-tone effect by putting two different hues in your piping bag.
Disclaimer: The information in this article does not represent any particular company’s opinions or suggestions. Edible ink printing should follow the instructions of the manufacturer from whom you buy your edible ink supplies, and it should be noted that the mixing of edible ink and regular inks should not be done.