Will Crisco+Choc Chips Prevent My Fondant From Drying?
Decorating By ceshell Updated 29 Nov 2006 , 7:19am by Cakechick123
I added gum tex to my fondant in order to make an attempt at some loops for bows. Then I began to color my fondant brown...couldn't get a dark enough brown color so added cocoa. Fondant got really dry so I added crisco. Still couldn't get brown, saw that many posters use choc. chips to get brown fondant so I mixed some of that in and finally landed the right color.
Is there any chance these will dry properly now? Did I just do the stupidest thing ever? Should I just start the whole process over, take a whack on the knuckles and not add anything except food coloring and p. sugar?
I don't mind experimenting but ultimately these loops have to dry and the cake's due Sunday, so I can't monkey around for too long. How long would you normally for your fondant+gum tex loops to dry anyway? How do you get a nice dark brown- I have Americolor Chocolate Brown, should I expect to just use a TON?
I'm only trying to do a simple bow - two loops. But they seemed like they hadn't dried at ALL today and were also cracking in spots. I'm using the rest of the same brown fondant to make the "ribbon" and possibly some little flower cutouts. Will any of this work or should I start over while there's still time? Help!
It's homemade MMF. I'm a bit perplexed cuz it seems like it's both cracking (usually means too dry, right?) and yet doesn't seem to be drying, unless I'm just impatient. And since crisco is not solid at room temp, wouldn't it inhibit drying? Ditto for chocolate chips once melted...they always stay soft once they've been cooked.
I mainly don't want to have to start over (if avoidable) because it took FOREVER to knead that color in, my hands were sore! And I'm worried that if I have to leave the choc. chips out, I'm gonna end up having to use the entire bottle of brown food color?
I use a moddeling paste that contains a lot of fat. It does dry, just takes about 3 times longer than paste with gum-tex.
Dont know about the choc chips tho, never tried that.
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