every time i make fondant and i need a big batch of colored fondant, i add the gel coloring to the melted marshmallows before kneading with the powdered sugar. but when its time to roll it out, it does not have the elasticity as white fondant does. it always ends up tearing and is very delicate. what am i doing wrong? i even tried coloring white fondant when it was time to use it and it was still tearing and lost its elasticity. please help! thank you!
Two things I have found... is that powdered color is better for fondant than gel color because it doesn't change the 'substance' of it by watering it down, and two, anytime you knead color in, the fondant usually needs to rest before you use it. It gets over worked by all of the kneading. Do you let it rest before you roll it out?
where do i find powdered color? yes, i always make the fondant the day before i need to use it so it rests for at least a day. how much glycerine would i need to add? i only use the wilton gel colors. i need to make a batch of navy blue fondant for friday so i should buy powdered color and use that with a little gel color and glycerine?
where do i find powdered color? yes, i always make the fondant the day before i need to use it so it rests for at least a day. how much glycerine would i need to add? i only use the wilton gel colors. i need to make a batch of navy blue fondant for friday so i should buy powdered color and use that with a little gel color and glycerine?
I have to buy mine online - countrykitchensweetart.com or globalsugarart.com We do have a specialty cake supply now, but everything is practically a 200% mark-up and I justify shipping costs by no tax and gas used.
If you have a Sur La Table, you can find it there.
For navy without powdered, just use a lot of royal blue and a little black.
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
Knead in some piping gel and a little cornstarch...
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
Knead in some piping gel and a little cornstarch...
do i knead it in when its time for me to roll it out?
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
Knead in some piping gel and a little cornstarch...
do i knead it in when its time for me to roll it out?
Yes 
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
Knead in some piping gel and a little cornstarch...
do i knead it in when its time for me to roll it out?
Yes
angeliaaki, please let me know how your fondant turns out for you. I'm constantly struggling with my colored MMF (whether I add the color to the melted MM or if I add it later after the fondant has rested)!! It's a absolute wreck every time! I'm about to give up on it all together. My most recent batch I colored with Americolor to try and get a OU red color and it was all but worthless. All I could use it for was to make a bead border 
I did cut an OU out of it but it broke into pieces! I need help!
TIA
For red, start with pink; for black, start with brown or add cocoa.
Things I have added at various times: glycerin, corn syrup, glucose, buttercream (really, just a bit though).
Now I can add piping gel to the list. 
I have found that it helps to heat it up. Over the course of a many colored cake, my microwave gets a lot of use.
so i made the navy blue fondant with royal blue gel color and black gel color and it was still too fragile. its not smooth and strong like white fondant is....i don't know what else to do.
Knead in some piping gel and a little cornstarch...
do i knead it in when its time for me to roll it out?
Yes
angeliaaki, please let me know how your fondant turns out for you. I'm constantly struggling with my colored MMF (whether I add the color to the melted MM or if I add it later after the fondant has rested)!! It's a absolute wreck every time! I'm about to give up on it all together. My most recent batch I colored with Americolor to try and get a OU red color and it was all but worthless. All I could use it for was to make a bead border
I did cut an OU out of it but it broke into pieces! I need help! TIA
so this is what i tried yesterday. i made a batch of brown fondant three days ago and let it rest for 2 whole days. then i took the same amount of white fondant and mixed it with the brown and it made it more workable. obviously the brown wasnt as dark but the white didnt lighten it too much. it still looked good. im going to try the corn syrup next time as i didnt have any this time around.
I used to have trouble with darker colors too! But I've found that corn starch usually fixes it. I made royal purple (like the color of the crown royal bag) MMF on Friday. Let it rest overnight and kneaded it yesterday, it was pretty soft so I kneaded a little more conf sugar in to it. Today I unwrapped it, kneaded it a bit, found it still wasn't quite right so I went right to my corn starch. Started with about a tbsp of cornstarch, and then added a bit more gradually while kneading. I'm not sure exactly how much I added, but I can say it was less than 1/4 cup. It worked great! I haven't tried the other tricks because corn starch seems to work for me recipe. HTH
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