I am trying to make a sports logo for a ball cap cake that I'm making, but I'm not sure what is best to use to "paint" the design onto the fondant logo. I was thinking about just using my wilton gel colors and thinning them with some clear vanilla extract because this is really all I have besides royal icing. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!! I am trying to get this cake done today but am stumped about the best way to do this. TIA!
i experimented with painting on fondant and 1 thing i did not like it seemed to bleed so it was almost hard to control where it went? plus you dont have as much color control they all came out bright but where you said you were doing sports you should be fine. just never try pastels yuck
i use petal or luster dust all the time instead of gels. I just mix up my color with a little lemon extract and paint it on. You need to make it pretty thick for it to work.
pebblez87 did you paint on fondant that was covering a cake or was it a shape that you had cut out? I am hoping that since I have let the piece of fondant dry out overnight it won't have as much bleeding, but I guess I'll find out when I give it a try!
I just did some with colour gels and found it took a while to dry (almost 2 days). It was tacky to touch until it dried. I don't know if it had to do with the Wilton white white icing colour I had to add to get a lighter shade or not.
Can you possibly go and get some Food Markers to paint/colour your logo?
I think you can at least get the Wilton ones from Michaels since you need it for today.
Good Luck.
This may not help you now since you said all you have is the Wilton colors and I don't know how much time you have before your cake is due, but airbrush colors work well for painting. You might think about getting a couple small bottles next time you order some supplies, experiment with them, and if you like it you can always get more colors.
I've used them just for playing around painting on fondant and they work pretty well.
Does anyone know if they have Food Markers at Hobby Lobby? I dont have a Michael's nearby, so it's my next best bet,
I haven't been in a Hobby Lobby for years, they don't have them out here but seeing as they carry Wilton products I would have to say yes. Can you call them and ask them if they have them in stock? Also, what colours are you looking for? I've added a link to show you what colours they have.
Wilton calls them Foodwriters.
http://search.wilton.com/?q=food+marker&x=0&y=0
Oh, and you might want to check if there are any coupons available right now. My understanding is that Michael's/Hobby Lobby/Joanne's/AC Moore are all interchangeable as long as they have them in your area. Same might apply for other crafts stores as well. You can always check online and print it off.
HTH!
I also remember seeing some at the grocery store (don't know which brand it was, I think maybe Betty Crocker or something like that) but didn't look to closely as the colours were not what I was after. I do plan on picking up a pack sometime soon for the kids to play with though. Good Luck!
This may not help you now since you said all you have is the Wilton colors and I don't know how much time you have before your cake is due, but airbrush colors work well for painting. You might think about getting a couple small bottles next time you order some supplies, experiment with them, and if you like it you can always get more colors.
I've used them just for playing around painting on fondant and they work pretty well.
That sounds like a great idea! I will have to try that. Are the colors vibrant or do they come off as being really 'watered' down and washed out? What about streaks? Whenever I paint, I always have problems with streaks no matter what I do!
This may not help you now since you said all you have is the Wilton colors and I don't know how much time you have before your cake is due, but airbrush colors work well for painting. You might think about getting a couple small bottles next time you order some supplies, experiment with them, and if you like it you can always get more colors.
I've used them just for playing around painting on fondant and they work pretty well.
That sounds like a great idea! I will have to try that. Are the colors vibrant or do they come off as being really 'watered' down and washed out? What about streaks? Whenever I paint, I always have problems with streaks no matter what I do!
I thought the colors were pretty true - not watered down at all. And I don't recall having problems with streaking, but I was just kind of messing around with it. I remember thinking that of the methods I'd tried this was the best so far. Good luck - and your cake is FABULOUS! Terrific job!!!
That looks awesome! I swear that razorback looks printed - very cool.
This may not help you now since you said all you have is the Wilton colors and I don't know how much time you have before your cake is due, but airbrush colors work well for painting. You might think about getting a couple small bottles next time you order some supplies, experiment with them, and if you like it you can always get more colors.
I've used them just for playing around painting on fondant and they work pretty well.
That sounds like a great idea! I will have to try that. Are the colors vibrant or do they come off as being really 'watered' down and washed out? What about streaks? Whenever I paint, I always have problems with streaks no matter what I do!
I thought the colors were pretty true - not watered down at all. And I don't recall having problems with streaking, but I was just kind of messing around with it. I remember thinking that of the methods I'd tried this was the best so far. Good luck - and your cake is FABULOUS! Terrific job!!!
Thank you. 
I will definitely be giving it a try for my dd cake this weekend!
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