Buttercream icing for cup cakes

[jojo75]

Hello people,

I have got a recipe for icing fairy cakes with buttercream icing. (For my 4 years olds party cakes)
Anyway I was just wondering how I make icing in vivid bright colours, not pastel. I.e, ben 10 bright green, Bright red etc..
I made some buttercream icing, added the colours and they came out very runny and very pastel.
Hope you can help
Thanks
Jo

[chazza]

Just keep gradually adding food colouring and stirring it in until you get the colour you want

[blondie2712]

I'm assuming that you used liquid colour for the buttercream icing and this will make the icing more runny because you're adding a liquid to the mixture.
It is better to use a paste colour for icings as you can add as much as you like without this problem.
You can pick up paste colours from any cake decorating shops or the internet.

[msemma]

I have a supercook red food colouring (liquid) that actually comes out a briliant pink!

[welshlibranr]

paste food colourings are great, you an get the colours as vivid or pale as you please, you can't get the same results with liquids.....