I attached my color flow piece to my cake with some leftover green icing, but this morning, the green had bled through and ruined the color flow! It's too late to fix and I don't have time to do another piece, but how do I prevent this from happening again? Can you only attach color flow at the last minute before serving? I posted a picture in Cake Disasters.

It is best to put color flow (or any Royal pieces, for that matter) on as late in the decorating process as you can. Buttercream can break down royal, especially any thin areas.

Some people recommend placing sugar cubes in the cake (raised up just a little from the buttercream icing), royal on top of those, and then attaching the color flow piece to that. It works very well.

HTH
Rae

Wow, this is good to know! Im working on a piece tonight. So basically anything can be used to keep the design from touching the b/c? Like a gramham cracker.

How many people actually eat the color flow/RI??? If they dont, can we just maybe cut out a piece of wax or saran and put it on it?

I have started making my colorflow pieces on plaques. I cut my gumpaste out the same size as the piece. Let it dry, then trace the outline onto the gumpaste. Then outline it with royal icing and fill it in. So much easier for me because I can do it in advance, let it set and dry, then apply to cake without the "fear" of it turning out correctly. Just didn't have much luck with regular transfers. Buttercream can be built up underneath it so that it gives it a 3-D effect too. I like the sugar cube idea also. Hope this all makes sense!