Stand Up Rainbow - Royal Or Color Flow ??? Help
Decorating By mbalis Updated 3 Aug 2006 , 8:51pm by petitesweet
I have my first cake request 
It will be an 11 x 15 sheet cake. I'd like to do a 'stand up' rainbow on top of it. In the gallery search, I found some with royal and some with color flow. Does one dry harder than the other....or is there another advantage of one over the other..
Thanks so much, I have until July 29th but want to get ideas 
This does not help, but I have also seen them done in fondant. I would suggest that to some extent it depends on the size (and therefore fragility) of the rainbow as to which medium you use. Any of the three should work. Good luck!
I personally love Colorflow. I have a standing Lightening McQueen in my photos. He's 5" X 8"! Worked great for me. Good luck!!
i find both about equally brittle
but I look the look of colorflow better...smoother, glossier, and w/ a slight "puff" to the shape. can't imagine the work it would take to get royal so nice and smooth and shiny.
it was suggested elsewhere on here that you can cut a piece of the really fine netting (tule?) used for veils and stuff to put over pattern and then do color flow over it so it becomes a backing to help strengthen the piece
(i bet that the flat wooden coffee stirers could be embedded this way too if the piece was think enough)
I guess I'd use the color flow. It is pretty much the same thing, but colorflow is supposed to dry harder and more shiny than just royal icing. I think I'd use royal if I was in a pinch.
I have put some color flow things on BC icing for longer than a day and didnt have problems with it. The last one I did though did get some grease speckles in it after it had been on there a day or so. It didnt get soft though.
Thanks for the replies 
I will use the color flow I think. I'm not putting it on the cake until I get to the party. 5th birthday girl's party.
I'm thinking white puffy icing at both ends for clouds....
and a mini star cake on the other end with a big "5" on it. hmmmm, better get a sketch going.
Thanks again !!
Great idea leana! I'll have to try that.
Good luck mbalis! I'm sure you'll have fun with it.
Chele, I will send you the instructions if you would like them.
If you are afraid of the drying time or fragility of gumpaste or colourflow, why not do it as a big cookie?
Just make the rainbow pattern, cut it from cold gingerbread dough, bake it off and ice it? You can easily make 2, just in case....and the best thing is you will actually eat it!
Here's the finished cake - ended up doing a flat rainbow in stars. Her mother wanted her to be able to 'eat the rainbow' LOL. When I delivered it, her mom put on the little plastic ponies to complete the My Little Pony theme. Birthday girl loved the cake. It was a gift from me, she's my niece, but I did get 2 real orders from the party!
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