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Can anyone enlighten me on what exactly the difference between the two is? Is it better in some situations to use the gel? Thanks for your help!
Oh, thank you so much! I'll probably get the gel then. Might make some pokeball sugar cookies sometime, and I want it to be red and not pink!
I guess it depends on what you are using it for. I made peppermint marshmallows last Christmas and had gel food coloring and it was hard to swirl through the marshmallow mixture. i think liquid would have been easier. I find them to be similar in terms of "messiness", though.Can anyone enlighten me on what exactly the difference between the two is? Is it better in some situations to use the gel? Thanks for your help!
Gel is a lot more concentrated than liquid food coloring, so definitely use it when changing the amount of liquid could have a significant affect on the final results, like frosting. You'll also get much brighter, more saturated colors from the gel.
I usually use gel and I much prefer it. It doesn't change the consistency of the icing as much, and you get a lot more control over the colour - it takes a lot less to make a vibrant colour, so it lasts longer as well. I also find that liquid food colouring tends to smell and taste weird after a while, but gel takes longer to go out of date. I always put gel food colouring into my icing with a cocktail stick, which makes it very easy to change the colour of the icing gradually as you do it in small increments.
It is a beautiful cake, the colors are fabulous. I'm wondering though, what about bitterness???That cake does look very nice though! I'm presuming it was done using gel, unless it was photoshopped for the bright colours which could be the case...
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