How To Make Wood Grain Colored Fondant
Decorating By debiz1123 Updated 23 Sep 2007 , 4:28am by Claricakes
I painted dry gumpaste (bed cake) with brown food colour and clear vanilla. The colour streaked itself and looked like wood grain without having used an impression mat first.
I would imagine if you did use an impression mat and then painted it the 'grain' would get a lot more colour as you went over it and be significantly darker.
HTH
First start with three different color browns. Then roll each color into log shapes. They do not have to be the same thickness, just the same length. In fact, whatever your main wood color (if you have one) is, should be the thickest, the others, thinner. Then take the logs and roll into one big log. When it gets long, fold it in half (lengthwise), then keep repeating the method of rolling and folding until it has swirled itself in, kind of like a circle (or if you were to chop a tree and look at the trunk). Then roll it flat and cut strips. I'm sorry if it is confusing, but I saw this done in a class and it comes out really cool. Good luck, HTH
i just put two balls of different color brown together and kneaded until i got the marbleing that i liked. you can check my guitar cake
i just put two balls of different color brown together and kneaded until i got the marbleing that i liked. you can check my guitar cake
I couldn't find your guitar cake. I'd love to see it...am I just missing it somewhere??
It was discussed in this thread:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-513573-woodgrain.html
sorry to get back to you late, you put the logs side by side, or even on top of each other and then roll into one big log. The colors will begin to marbelize and then as it gets longer, you fold it lengthwise, roll and again.....Again, sorry about the confusion. I wish I had pictures to help you! Hope this helps or the other advice you're getting!! Good luck!
The way I got wood grain was I purchased a Large 4x4 rubber stamp had my fondant colored med chocolate color rolled out and pressed down this stamp on fondant. When fondant dried a little I pained with warm brown americolor the grooves so you could see better you can check out the pic on my site
www.flickr.com/people/claricakes
This was very EASY! The roller I found very difficult.
Hope this helped.
Clarissa
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