Help! Need Help Trying To Paint Fondant Cake.
Decorating By Sads Updated 4 Jan 2007 , 10:17pm by ShirleyW
I just tried this a few weeks back and it is a LOT of fun...the results are wonderful!
Way back in Feb of last year when I first came here to learn how to make edible butterflies I bought little jars with screw tops and mixed my food colours and vodka. I used them to paint the butterflies and when I painted fondant on my birthday cake that is what I used. You need new brushes, not just clean ones as they are being used on food. Because the "paint" if far more liguidy (is that a word haha) be careful not to overload your brush. I tapped mine on the bottle or to a tissue before painting.
One important thing I noticed is you CAN NOT rest your hand on the fondant! It will show. You sort of have to paint without touching the cake. I found that part a bit annoying as when I paint I always rest my hand on the piece. The way I got around it is to have something the same height as the cake that you can rest on. It worked for me 
Also once it is on there that's it, you can't take it off. Although I am going to test some pieces with different things to see if there is a way to make any mistakes minimal. I had the thought of trying the whitener (painting it only on the mistake) to see what it would do....haven't had a chance yet to try it.
I am very new to all this and I know very little about all of this. The folks on here are far more knowledgable than I and I'm sure they will give you lots of super hints/tips
Good luck and have fun
I agree with everyone above! I was able to remove mistakes by wetting a q-tip and rubbing very softly. My painted cake is in my photos with the bride and groom and palm tree. Hope it helps - allow lots of drying time too!
Any time I see the words "painted fondant" my mind immediately goes to Jollybe cakes. They do the most beautiful painting on fondant, my favorite has always been the Geisha cake, or Matthew's Cake.
http://www.jollybebakery.com/painted.html
Shirley, I loved that site. I also have painted on cakes, but not like that.
I have also removed mistakes too (and I make a ton) out of desparation, you can use alchohol(the kind you drink) or lemon extract or remove the error, but it will leave a shiny mark, so you'll have to paint over the mistake. Careful not to disolve the fondant .
I always like painting on my cakes, especially since I use gin/vodka to mix with my paste or gel colors to paint, if I get too upset with my work, I just drink my paints 
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