Does Anyone Know How

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darcat Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 2:57am
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I can get my fondant a true red colour? I've used red paste colouring but I cant seem to get it dark. I want to make some red stars for a 4th of july cake. Any help is appreciated

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miriel Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 2:59am
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I prefer to buy pre-colored Satin Ice fondant with Red and Black. It will take a lot of red gel color to get a true red. An option is to airbrush the color once the fondant is on the cake.

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aobodessa Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:04am
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Also, there is another thread here that might help you (http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3673053#3673053). Although it's a lot of steps to knead all this color into fondant, it may be helpful to you.

Good Luck,

Odessa

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Erika513x2 Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:05am
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i don;t know about fondant but with bc i always end up using a bit of burgandy to get it a deeper color. i hope this works

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darcat Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:09am
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odessa can you tell me how I can get to that link? the way you've put it in your reply I cant click onto it.

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nrctermite Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:19am
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http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3673053#3673053

Just copy and paste - copy from inside the parentheses and paste in browser, but I did it for you Image

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aobodessa Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:21am
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Originally Posted by darcat

odessa can you tell me how I can get to that link? the way you've put it in your reply I cant click onto it.




Sorry icon_cry.gif . I'm afraid I'm not very good at getting the links together here so you can just click on them. duh! icon_rolleyes.gif . I'd suggest highlighting the link, right-click on it, click on "copy", then highlight in your browser where it should go, right-click there and click on "paste".

HTH,

Odessa

p.s. I think if you go into the forums, search for these words: duff, super red, trick. That might help, too.

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aobodessa Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:25am
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Originally Posted by nrctermite

http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3673053#3673053

Just copy and paste - copy from inside the parentheses and paste in browser, but I did it for you Image




Thanks for the assist!

Odessa

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sweetcakes Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 3:32am
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perhaps if you try the tip someone posted today they got off of Duffs show, start by coloring it yellow, then add orange, then add the red. I always tell me students to use any base color of red they have when coloring buttercream, pink, orange, yellow then add red. I didn;t know Duff did this also, just seemed like a natural thing to do, like starting with chocolate icing to get to black.

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darcat Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 11:14am
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Thank you very much everyone I will have to give this a try.

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nrctermite Posted 21 Jun 2007 , 9:16pm
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Hey, I'll have to try the sweet and duff technique too!! Aobodessa, anytime! It is very, very rare that I can actually find something that I can help with!

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