How Do I Paint On Fondant Without The Color Bleeding?

Decorating By delithra Updated 6 Jul 2005 , 8:01am by delithra

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delithra Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 1:15am
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hi,
i want to paint my cake to look like a sea turtle next month, and i wanted to know about painting on fondant with food colors.

even when i painted little black dots on my mermaid cake (posted here) for the eyes on the starfish, the colors bled and the eyes were larger than what i had painted.

although i dusted the fondant to make sure the colors wouldnt bleed, it still happened. my fondant recipe has icing sugar, gelatine, liquid glucose, egg white, glycerine to suit the humid wheather here in malaysia.

what can i do ?

How do i paint on butter icing to get that air brushed look? even the wilton spray paints (which i bought) when sprayed onto butter icing, makes it look 'spotty',...it doesnt work in this wheather.

thanks
deli

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nernan Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 1:39am
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i used liquid colour on the black cake and painted it on, i did let it set before i added anything else, cant help with airbrushing ? sorry.

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m0use Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 1:56am
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The only other thing I would recomend is see if you can find a clear alcohol like vodka and mix it in with the colors to make it evaporate faster and leace the color behind.

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delithra Posted 6 Jul 2005 , 8:01am
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thanks guys. will try vodka with color and see if it works. will post pic on the site once its done icon_smile.gif

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