Hi everyone..

I'm fairly new to cake decorating, but I have a quick question.
I see everyone here has fondant cakes that are red, green, pink, etc.

How do you get your fondant that color? Is Fondant sold like that?
Please help me with this..

Thanks so much!!

fondant is sold in some colors, or you can just knead food coloring into it. If you color it yourself, use the americolor food coloring, it works best, and satin ice fondant is definitely easiest to color and work with. This is what I usually do. The only time I use precolored fondant is if I need a very dark or bold color, like bright red or dark brown.

yes it is the best tasting fondant I think and the easiest to work with, I think most CCer's would agree . . . another good one is Fondx, but that is a little too rich tasting for me, let me get you a few links . . . . .

http://www.caljavaonline.com/index.html


http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/subcategory.aspx?T=1&CatId=532


http://www.cakedecostore.com/


I am not sure who has the best prices, I usually buy mine at the local cake decorating store. Good luck! Let us know if you have any other questions.

If you color your own fondant, use plastic gloves (like the ones Wilton sells) to avoid having your skin tinted...

I agree. I learned the hard way. It took a lot of scrubbing to get it off my hands.

I always wear the coloring on my hands as a Badge of Honor. Why just last night I ran around the whole evening with my 'Lil Sis with a violet ring around my face where my airbrush mask didn't cover in order to photograph the cake I just created in her honor. She'd laugh and point out the color and sparkle. We were too busy having fun, she is a fabric sort of person and was fluffing all the lace for the photo and since I don't see her often (different states,) I didn't want to waste the time even to wash my face!

I don't think Wilton has a full face mask for me.

Another Tinted Hand Gal over here! I found out the hard way that mixing black, blue, and purple colors in fondant to create a 'marbled' effect wasn't the best thing to do with ungloved hands !

Talk about scrubbing...whew! The worst thing was that I even had those gloves that Wilton sells...um, now I use them !

I make my own mmf ( haven't tried the satin ice yet) and I add my color to the melted marshmallows before i add the powdered sugar...it makes life sooo much easier to do it this way!