Is It Possible To Achieve Fleshy Coloured Buttercream?

Decorating By lucysmam Updated 1 Apr 2009 , 7:23pm by lucysmam

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lucysmam Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:11pm
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& if so, what's the best way to go about it? To cover a cake to look like a face to place some small fondant pieces on as cheeks/eyes/nose/ears

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2sweetcookies Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:16pm
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Ivory works great, or a touch of copper.

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sweetisome Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:27pm
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I usually begin by adding tiny amounts of pink, buttercup yellow and brown and adjust accordingly. be sure to keep it VERY light though, or you'll look too artificial. HTH

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aquamom Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:31pm
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I used just a tiny bit of the Wilton peach and that works for me.

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flamingobaker Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:33pm
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I use just copper, and just a touch.

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Win Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:38pm
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As you can see, there are a lot of ways to achieve flesh tone. I have found copper can be too red so I use Ivory. If it needs a little pinking up, I add just a touch of peach. Experiment with any of these suggestions until you achieve the flesh tone you are looking for. HTH!

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willj7r0 Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:41pm
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I actually use a flesh colored powdered coloring just the other day. I thought it turned out a really good 'flesh' color.

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chovest Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:45pm
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I find ivory to work best as well. The flesh tone for the Strawberry Shortcake cake below (if I can attach it) was colored with only ivory. Hope this helps.
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OhMyGanache Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 1:59pm
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I use a combination of ivory and copper.

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abra526 Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 2:05pm
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I have a gel color from Country Kitchen that I got at my local supply store that is actualy "flesh tone'. I used it on my last adult themed cake. It worked realy well. HTH

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lucysmam Posted 1 Apr 2009 , 7:23pm
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wow, there's loads of different ways to try out. I'll make a note of them all to try out to see which I prefer.

Thank-you for so many responses!

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