Please help, I just did my first batch of color flow icing for the Wilton Course 2, 2nd class, which is tomorrow. I think I've done something horribly wrong because the icing is soooooo stiff. No word of a lie it's like clay. I followed the instructions in the book but there is no way I'm going to be able to pipe anything with this stuff. Help please, what did I do wrong?????
Mine has also turned out very stiff also. I would just add water a little at a time until you get it to a consistency that you can work with. It will be fine, don't worry.
Thanks for the quick response! Should I add water to the batch tonight or wait until class so the instructor can show me how much I should be adding? Is it supposed to be really watery? The pictures in the book show it looking almost like a thick cream, I'm thinking I'm going to have to add a ton of water to get it anywhere near that stage.
Just add the water drop by drop ( with a medicine dropper etc) You willonly need a little bit of water. YOu can add some tonight and then take it to class to let the teacher check the consistence for you and add more there if necessary. It will be ok... take a deep breath...
Wait till tomorrow. It has to be stiff for the outline and thin for the fill in. Your instructor will show you what to do... 
Wait till tomorrow. It has to be stiff for the outline and thin for the fill in. Your instructor will show you what to do...
This is correct. It needs to be pretty thin for filling in, but I wouldn't say watery.
Thanks everyone, I feel better now, I wish the instructor would have told us it was going to be a giant glob of clay so I would have known what to expect instead of having a panick attack and reading the instructions about 20 times during the course of today second guessing myself.
Thanks again!
Same thing happened to me with the Wilton's directions. I freaked thinking I did somethig wrong. You must add more water. It is best to add a little at a time but you will have to add more than just a drop or two. Now I can just eyeball it. Just add a little water and stir till your arm hurts. 
Thin- Medium Icing consistency for outlining and thin glue like for filling in. I have noticed though that if your get the fill in color flow too thin that it takes FOREVER for the pieces to dry.
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Because it can go quickly from a good piping consistancy to too thin and won't hold it's shape I would wait until you get to class to add water. Just get to class a little early and ask the instructor to help you out.
I always tell my students that it is really hard to get a good consistancy of icing the first few times you make it and it is alot easier to thin it down than thicken it up. So before we do anything in class I go around to see everyone's icing and see what we need to do with it.
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