I have a cake in a couple of weeks with a colorflow emblem (HOPEFULLY) and lettering. I haven't really done color flow since my Wilton class. BUT, here's the question:
In doing my research I found a statement that said buttercream will breakdown colorflow and not to put the decorations on until just before the event. Well, this is a SURPRISE birthday party and I plan on the client picking it up on either Friday evening or Sat. morning before the Sat. evening event. I CAN place parchment between the emblem and the cake, but, to do that with the letters would be a total pain!
FINALLY THE QUESTION! Is this a true statement? What have your experiences been with color flow vs. buttercream!
TIA!
Beth in KY
hi,
The buttercream will break down the colorflow and ruin it. When I took a Nick Lodge mini-class, he showed us how to apply plaques of any kind to the top of cakes: He suggested a couple of lifesaver candies with royal icing dots built up in the middle as kind of 'feet' for the plaques. These plaques were dried fondant/gumpaste, but it's the same concept. The emblem would be laid right on top of the candies and not touch the buttercream, so they'd be protected.
I'm not sure about the lettering, though.
It really all depends on how long the color flow piece is gong to be on the cake. I have had pieces sit on a cake for a couple of days and depending on the size is what determines which ones get softer first. I have never had one melt away into a pile of goo and be competely ruined. THey just get soft. That is just my experience.
My advice was based on my experience. The colorflow items I made and applied to buttercream frosting absorbed 'grease' from the buttercream and that discolored the colorflow pieces. They looked terrible and I'd hate for anyone else to go to all that trouble just to have something similar happen.
Okay, how about using RI instead? I've only used RI flowers for shower cakes, etc and usually do them the DAY OF the shower.
In this particular case, I think TIME is my enemy! I'm wanting to get this done tomorrow and need to make 2 (breakage factor).
Beth in KY
I've done a couple of color flow designs and I have put them on the day of the event but my stepdaughters baby shower cake hung around the house for at least a day with the design and I had no problem. But if I were you I would take the adding of the "feet" advice just in case. Good luck! Let us know how it turns out
My advice was based on my experience. The colorflow items I made and applied to buttercream frosting absorbed 'grease' from the buttercream and that discolored the colorflow pieces. They looked terrible and I'd hate for anyone else to go to all that trouble just to have something similar happen.
I did have the outline color bleed into the design a bit...is that what causes it? It wasn't bad though, the only person who noticed was me.
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