I am decorating my first fondant covered cake this weekend, and I was wondering if I should buy the Wilton rolled fondant, or make my own using a recipe that I found here on CC. Also, I need to color it a light blue and a light green. Can I add color to the Wilton fondant, and how do I do that. Thanks for any help out there!

Make your own! Wilton's does not taste very good.

And making MMF you can color it easier. I would go with the MMF!

I only use Satin Ice and I love it.

My first fondant cake was beautiful, but people made comments how awful the "frosting" (fondant) was. I started using the MMF from this site, and people love that stuff. In my opinion, stay away from the Wilton fondant, it is terrible tasting. The MMF is soooo easy to make and very inexpensive. Give it a try.

Well.... avoid the Wilton fondant (tastes ick!) if you can, but if you have to use it, you just knead the colour in, the same as how you would colour any other fondant. Use a toothpick to "stick" the colour (preferably gel/paste) into the fondant, then just knead/work it in!

If this is your first fondant cake and you've never worked with fondant before, I would see if you can find some pre-made non-wilton stuff so that you can get the feel of the consistency and how it is supposed to work before making your own - it would definitely give you a better guide to how it is supposed to be. If you have time to practice, maybe try covering a cake with Wilton, and then once you're comfortable with that and make your own from the recipe on CC and cover the real cake with that....I don't know too many people who like the taste of Wilton fondant.

Good luck and don't forget to post pics!!

I HIGHLY recommend Rhonda's Ultimate MMF. The recipe is on this site and it is fabulous! I use my kitchenaid until the mixture starts thickening up because kneading it by hand was not very fun. Just be gentle on your mixer if you choose to use one.