Toba's glaze help....

I only use a form of royal icing that I mix with different ingredients than the normal recipe, which works fine but the colors are muted.

I love the vibrant colors that Toba's glaze makes but when I use it I get terrible spots that show up about 12-18 hrs after decorating them. I have tried everything that I can think of etc..white coloring so it's not transparent, etra mixing in case it's the sugar molecules, less coloring in case it's just too much color....and on and on... BUT I still get dots, I'm going to try to post a picture I did of a dolphin where it's really apparent but if it doesn't work my little purple witch has the same little dots, and this is in my photo's

Any help would be appreciated because I really love the taste and I don't think other people have this issue.

Thanks for the quick responses and hopefully someone out there will know what causes it.

I do find Toba's glace (glaze) works the best for getting a true black, red or vibrant pinks,purple's and blues. But the spots turn me off from it because to me it looks spoiled or old.

I've tried letting it sit over night before using it and then I tried again at 36 hr's and 48 hr's old thinking it could be the sugar not fully broken down or air pockets, but nothing as of yet has worked.

Right now I use powdered sugar, water, corn syrup, merinque powder, vanilla extract and cream of tartar...kind of mixing all the recipe's together to get tasty and softer icing. I think the merinque takes away the color slightly but I'm using wilton's till it's gone and then I'm going to invest in americolor since I've heard good things about that. I have tried CK (country kitchen) super black, super red, and super brown but the taste was terrible, and I had to throw everything away.

I'm hoping I can get to the bottom of my spots because when I mix colors I do 20-25 colors at a time and it takes me 2- 3 1/2 hrs to get it all mixed up and then to throw them away is such a waste of time, money and patience

Thanks for the compliments though! I have tons of pictures now..I've tried to do one cookie of each cutter 300+ for my up and coming website but I haven't posted them here because of space and I don't want to bore anyone.

Happy Decorating,
Heather

Thank you peanut.
I really have tried all those steps so maybe it's the wilton color?

My glaze recipe is powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup...so easy which is why I wish it would not spot for me. The other recipe I posted was my RI recipe.
I have never put a light over my cookie to dry them for two reasons..I thought bright light could cause fading of color and the cost of my electrcity bill !

Now that its getting warmer where I live maybe it will speed up the drying, but they always were almost dry to the extremely carefull touch about 2-3 hrs in or at least enough for details. Hmmm

I'll try anything!

Boy things got all messed up. The meringue powder and water was a recipe that someone asked for RI I do not use it in my glaze.

My white does not have spots but I add no wilton color to it just super white coloring from a large white bottle.

I leave my cookie in a dry uncovered room that is sheltered from animals and humans where I and only I go (I'm very over protective of my work since it's labor intensive).

I always leave the icing for at least 16 hrs to set so the colors get richer (red and black because I do not add alot) and for any extra air bubles to release. White goes straight into pastry bags or into special food safe one time use plastic containers that I bought at a specialty store (Never has anything ever used in them). I've tried with glaze putting it into bags right away and then kneading each one for a timed 10 minutes the following day and I've also tried storing the colors in these special containers and then stiring them up before adding them to bags. I use disposable clear wilton bags that are one time only.

It's possible it's just not in the cards for me to use glaze but I figured maybe if I posted what I did without my other recipe things wouldn't get so confusing.

Thanks
Heather