Please Help!! Need Help With Coloring Fondant
Decorating By BeginnerCaker Updated 4 Sep 2009 , 11:28pm by BeginnerCaker
Hello fellow cakers,
I have a cake for tomorrow and I am having problems coloring my fondant brown, is there a trick? I have never had a problem with any other color but I am trying to get a nice chocolate brown and it's just not working, no matter how much I use, it doesn't get to that color plus the more I add the more the consistency of the fondant changes. Had to throw away a whole batch of fondant last night. Any help would be SO appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
Could you paint it? With alcohol* & brown color? It might be a little streaky, but you can mottle it all together with a sponge.
And for going forward--don't toss out weird fondant--let it set overnight & try it again. Sometimes it rejuvenates over night.
*everclear, lemon extract, vanilla, vodka, etc.
If you try this--test it on a piece of scrap fondant and let the test piece dry too. See how it does first.
Could you paint it? With alcohol* & brown color? It might be a little streaky, but you can mottle it all together with a sponge.
And for going forward--don't toss out weird fondant--let it set overnight & try it again. Sometimes it rejuvenates over night.
*everclear, lemon extract, vanilla, vodka, etc.
If you try this--test it on a piece of scrap fondant and let the test piece dry too. See how it does first.
K8memphis i do the same leaving my weird fondant to settle overnight and it usually comes good.. Especially for darker colours.
beginnercaker For brown you could try adding a bit of cocoa as well to help with the consistancy and the colour.. Hope it comes together for you 
Yes what WildWolfey said about the cocoa and add shortening to balance it out--again you're probably gonna wanna let it rest overnight.
I should add that I use airbrush color and everclear when I paint.
Along the lines of adding cocoa, if you were making a new batch, could you make chocolate fondant? I think I've seen recipes.. then it'd start out brown and probably wouldn't take as much colour to get to where you need it to be.
Thank you all so much for your input and advice, I will definitely try these suggestions!! Thanks for your help, I can always count on you!!! 
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