Hello fellow cakers,
I have a cake for tomorrow and I am having problems coloring my fondant brown, is there a trick? I have never had a problem with any other color but I am trying to get a nice chocolate brown and it's just not working, no matter how much I use, it doesn't get to that color plus the more I add the more the consistency of the fondant changes. Had to throw away a whole batch of fondant last night. Any help would be SO appreciated!! Thanks in advance!

Hi!
Try mixing in some red or burgundy if you have, even a drop or two of blak could help.

Could you paint it? With alcohol* & brown color? It might be a little streaky, but you can mottle it all together with a sponge.

And for going forward--don't toss out weird fondant--let it set overnight & try it again. Sometimes it rejuvenates over night.

*everclear, lemon extract, vanilla, vodka, etc.

If you try this--test it on a piece of scrap fondant and let the test piece dry too. See how it does first.

Yes what WildWolfey said about the cocoa and add shortening to balance it out--again you're probably gonna wanna let it rest overnight.

I was having the same problem with fondant. I wanted a dark brown and ended up with a very light color that was not brown. I am going to try some of the suggeastions given here. Thanks

Wilton adds melted candy melts in their recipe. You might want to try that. You can get the recipe online or in their yearbook.

I should add that I use airbrush color and everclear when I paint.

Along the lines of adding cocoa, if you were making a new batch, could you make chocolate fondant? I think I've seen recipes.. then it'd start out brown and probably wouldn't take as much colour to get to where you need it to be.

Thank you all so much for your input and advice, I will definitely try these suggestions!! Thanks for your help, I can always count on you!!!