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Hi there, I am baking cupcakes for a charity night and they have requested a deep purple buttercream icing. I’m not sure how to achieve this. Any tips? Thank you!

Hiya Use a coloured paste. I prefer to use Sugarflair pastes and the colour i recommend would be grape violet as this will turn to a deep rich colour and doesnt affect the consistency of the cream whereas if you use a liquid it will. Should find this on the web as all good cake suppliers stock it. hope this helps

Thanks. I like the colour of the dr oetker ultra violet gel on the packet but when it’s mixed it apparently its not deep or dark enough so not sure if adding blue or black will help me achieve it? Thanks

http://www.cupyourcakes.com/2010_06_01_archive.html?m=1
It’s the purple colour of the above cupcake link I want to achieve!