Maroon Frosting Help!

Decorating By shwee17 Updated 30 Jun 2007 , 12:45pm by teasom

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shwee17 Posted 28 Jun 2007 , 10:07pm
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How in the world do you get Maroon Buttercream frosting? I'm doing a graduation cake... and I cannot get it to darken up! Any ideas quickly??? Please and thanksicon_smile.gif

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teasom Posted 28 Jun 2007 , 11:50pm
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Burgundy and Red-Red should give you a maroon.

http://www.mts.net/~evelyns1/colicing.htm

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MichelleM77 Posted 29 Jun 2007 , 12:22am
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That is exactly what I used. I had to let it sit for a few hours to darken up, but then it was the perfect maroon color for my graduation cookies.

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shwee17 Posted 30 Jun 2007 , 3:04am
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ok, It turned out... I just hadn't let it sit long enough... I was in panic mode! LOL! Thanks for your replysicon_smile.gif

Here's another one... How do u get Maroon Fondant (MMF) without having to sit there and pull and knead it all night long?

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teasom Posted 30 Jun 2007 , 12:45pm
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I just read a post that suggested adding color to the liquid part of the fondant (or melted marshmallows if you are making MMF) before adding the powdered sugar. They were talking about making black, but I don't see why it wouldn't work for any dark color.

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