RED AND BLACK PARTY!

Summer was great! and now I am back with more tips and tricks on how to decorate cakes, cupcakes, etc...  Speaking about cupcakes, yesterday, I decorated (15) cupcakes for Sofia Sanchez who turned 19.  Congratulations Sofia and welcome to the club!

Sofia wanted me to make for her cupcakes that will look beautiful and festive.  She wanted me to incorporate black and a bright red color.  These are two challenging colors to make because, they take a lot of food coloring (color gel).  But I have some tricks that will help you get those colors.

For "BLACK":  I make the butter-cream recipe and I add cocoa (3/4 of a cup) plus (2) tablespoons of milk or water.  The butter-cream will turn brown and than I will add black color gel to the icing. Remember that the more color you add the stronger the icing will taste but, the cocoa will balance the flavour.

For "RED": Many people asked me before how I get a bright red.  The way I do it is by adding "Red No taste" and "Christmas Red", and we add lots of it.  I also added raspberry extract to balance the flavour.

The tips I used to do the decorations on top of the cupcakes were: 2A, 2D, 4B, 4M, 18 and 21.  I made some details with fondant to enhance the cupcakes.

The technique I used are the same we practice in "Wilton Course # 1" and also in the "Wilton Crazy for Cupcakes Project Class".  If you would like to learn how to do it, I invite you to join the course and experience how fun cake decorating can be.  :)

Thank you!

Natalia Brocks.