I have to do a 6" cake with Curious George on it-she doesn't want a edible image-which is fine-I was thinking of doing maybe a color flow or cookie icing image-would it be ok to do it on an iced cake directly? Thanks for any ideas!

Bumping you up...

I always thought color flow would not dry properly if it was done directly on BC? Maybe someone else knows for sure.

I don;t think you can do it directy on the cake either. Color flow needs to dry for up to 4 days. royal 24 hrs. what abou a FBCT?

I've also read that color flow can't be done directly on BC, cause it won't set. I would think maybe FBCT would be the way to go also..

I figured that would be the case so I did a FBCT-if it turns out looking right I will post it!! Thanks!

Don't do color flow on the cake. Put a piece of waxed paper on a cake board or something flat - tape it down so it doesn't move - do your color flow on that. Let it dry for at least 48 hours. I do a couple test puddles of the color flow just for testing to see if it's dried or not. I'd rather mess a puddle up than my image. I remove my image from the wax paper with my small spatula. I CAREFULLY and slowly run the spatula underneath the item so it's in between the item and the wax paper to seperate the two. Then just place the item on the cake. I love color flow! I think it looks much better than FBCT - people can't beleive they are hand made.

Thanks BJ!! I was wondering if it could hold up on the cake-I knew about the moisture etc. I wound up doing a BCT-it really turned out cute and of course I wasn't home when she came to pick it up and my DH didn't take a picture-and I didn't have time to before I had to make an emergency run for a friend so I can't show it! But it was cute!! I will certainly remember I can put the colorflow on the cake fo next time-you are right-colorflow does look better!

contact your client and see if she took a pictue of the cake. Maybe you could get a copy.

I have a question about a color flow. I am thinking about doing one for a grooms cake. It is a university logo. How long can it sit on the cake without it getting soft. Will the colors bleed.........the cake will be iced in buttercream and I will be dropping off at the wedding hall and will not be staying. I want it to hold up and the colors stay true. Haven't worked much with color flow before.

The colors will hold but get a bit darker from the butter in the BC recipe.It won't bleed though and the whole transfer will slightly darken so it won't look patchy!