I am reading this thread on my lunch break and my coworkers think I have lost my ever lovin' mind because I am laughing. I am so glad someone started this thread. It's great to know I am not alone.One night I was well into a wedding...
I just took the Wilton's Fondant/Gumpaste class and we did both. You can either mix half gumpaste and half colored fondant or you can use your color pastes to add to the gumpaste...the half and half is less messy
I usually start with chocolate butter cream and add purple then I add the black. That seems to work for me. I had a person who was allergic to chocolate so I started with purple then added black and it worked out pretty good too.