Hi I'm going to be doing my sister's baby shower cake; however, she wants to have a butterfly theme. I would like to know if there and ready made icing (colorflow) that I can use for butterflies and baby shower items for the cak.

Any help would be appriecated.

Thank you

Since colorflow (Wilton) is just royal icing on steroids, it's best if made fresh. Rebeaten colorflow or royal icing will not yield good results. If you don't want to mix up your own royal/colorflow, you can use melted chocolate/candy melts to make your butterflies.

If you look at my pics.. you will see most of my cakes are color flow... The best way to decorate a cake I think.. Any questions you have about the procedure....just let me know.. I just reread you question and I personally think fresh is best.... Colorflow last a few weeks and I think the artist in me would not want a piece done by someone else.. If i can help you do a fantastic piece for you shower... just let me know..

becca0926- do you pipe the colorflow directly onto your buttercream cake? I have heard you can do that, but I've always been to chicken to try..

To answer your original question, no, there is no ready-made color flow, only the mix that you can buy from Wilton.

If you want to do something that sets quickly, you can instead try chocolate transfers. Same concept, different medium, and is ready to use as soon as it cools.

Theresa

becca0926--Your color flow pieces are very nice! I've used it for smaller pieces, but didn't realize it was strong enough for larger pieces. Love your Raggedy Ann and Dr. Suess cakes, oh, and Pooh, of course! You've given me some more ideas, as I've been nervous about trying FBCTs just yet . . . .

CakeMommy--I don't know if you can do color flow directly on the cake or not, but would have to agree that fresher probably works better. It's fairly easy to make, though. If you don't have the color flow mix, if your butterflies are smaller, you could try using royal icing instead. It works in a pinch.

I too am going to suggest chocolate transfers. I just tried them for the first time on my Wall-e cake. I think they turned out really nice and they were VERY easy to make. There are a few forums here on "how-to". Plus, I think if you are doing a butterfly theme, black-tinted chocolate will look great with some bright colors.

I dont know if this will help, but someone on this site did butterflies out of GEL...and they looked awesome, Im sure you can type in for a search...just an idea....Im interested to know also.

I've done a fair bit of colour flow too, and I tend to use fresh made stuff. However, I have used it after a few weeks of sitting in a covered, airtight bowl to make some pieces, just to get rid of it without throwing it out. It worked fine.

........no ready-made color flow, only the mix that you can buy from Wilton........

Actually what Wilton calls "ColorFlo" mix is nothing more than pure dried egg whites - with nothing added
Meringue powder is dried egg whites, sugar(s) and other additives.

[quote="KonfectionKonnection"]becca0926--Your color flow pieces are very nice! I've used it for smaller pieces, but didn't realize it was strong enough for larger pieces. Love your Raggedy Ann and Dr. Suess cakes, oh, and Pooh, of course! You've given me some more ideas, as I've been nervous about trying FBCTs just yet . . . .

Thanks... I trully love color flow.. I took Wiltons course II which showed how to do it. I have perfected my ability over the past two years. I amaze myself many times.. ( Dr. Suess and Rageddy Ann ).. Just to name a few. Color flow can get you in trouble (COPYRIGHT)...HINT...HINT... Thanks so much for the compliments.. Anyone who needs more specific instructions... just Message me..

To answer your question about butterflies... I did a Winnie the pooh cake that called for butterflies all over the cake.. My suggestion is do the wings (whatever size or color) in color flow.. Very Easy.. Then do the middle of the butterfly in buttercream and attach the wings the night before.. I am gonna check my pics and see if that cake is there..