I like using melted cocoa butter and color dusts.
You'd mix the dusts with alcohol. The straight paste or liquid colors can be used as is or you can mix with a tiny bit of piping gel.
or a really easy way is to buy edible food pens and just draw on the fondant.........really good if you want to do writing or something like that.....kinda hard painting the way you write........here are some cookies I did with the edible food pens......they work on royal icing, and anything halfway hard....I just simply used the gel colors on this treasure map (made of fondant)....and it was a lot more difficult to control than the pens.....but both did work!
i just picked up some wilton color dust and read your posts by coincidence...i don't have alcohol, vodka or lemon extract...can water be used to liquify them?
Wilton's sparkle dusts aren't the same thing as what they are talking about above. The luster, petal or pearl dusts are alot finer than the Wilton Sparkle dust. You can find them online at cake supply websites.
As far as painting on fondant, I have done both dusts and color pastes (like Wilton colors). I mix both with alcohol (everclear, but you can use gin or vodka) as I have found that it helps the dry with out the color being sticky. You can also use extracts, I have heard lemon is the best since it has the highest alcohol content. The alcohols evaporate and leave the color behind.
i just picked up some wilton color dust and read your posts by coincidence...i don't have alcohol, vodka or lemon extract...can water be used to liquify them?
Wilton's sparkle dusts aren't the same thing as what they are talking about above. The luster, petal or pearl dusts are alot finer than the Wilton Sparkle dust. You can find them online at cake supply websites.
As far as painting on fondant, I have done both dusts and color pastes (like Wilton colors). I mix both with alcohol (everclear, but you can use gin or vodka) as I have found that it helps the dry with out the color being sticky. You can also use extracts, I have heard lemon is the best since it has the highest alcohol content. The alcohols evaporate and leave the color behind.
yes i agree........i made the same mistake bought doubles of each of the wilton packs since at the time i thought i stepped in a gold mine.....these are not the same as the one like say sugar craft .....big difference........since i bought the REAL ONES i havent touched the wilton ones ....they are just there........
Here is some eye candy for you:
http://www.jollybebakery.com/painted.html
wow..........those cakes are amazing.....Thanks for the compliment lisams........oh and riagirl......you can also use the clear vanilla extract, so if you have any of that you don't have to run out and buy vodka!! (I always get stared at when I go to the liquor store at 8am on saturday .....which is when I make most of my cakes) they probably think I'm an alcohol.......and I always have my 3 kids in tow.....LOL They give me the worst looks........probably don't think I'm MUCH of an alcoholic though....most of the time I'm buying those little .99 cent bottles LOL you know like you get on an airplane.......I just throw them in my cake decorating caddy so I always have some.....and then I don't feel like Im blowing 20 bucks to use a teaspoon of vodka!!
I just used vegetable oil to mix in with my Wilton paste colors as well as lustre dust and I have to say this is my favorite now...it dries better (it doesn't leave a sticky feel like vodka has) and it's much smoother to "paint" with and blend colors with....
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