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post #1 of 12
8/19/10 at 6:56am
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Need some help. Need Hot pink fondant for a wedding cake today. Dyed it last night and just keeps going teracota or salmon color. I has darkened over night but nowhere near hot pink.

Started with plain white and used wilton pink and rose. may be the problem.

Any ideas. I do have a pink shimmer dust that helps but not quite there, Thanks so much for any ideas
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post #2 of 12
8/19/10 at 8:36am
I've heard using a lot of "soft pink" actually makes a good hot pink fondant. Don't know about wilton colors though..I stay away from them. I use americolor. Much more concentrated. hth
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post #3 of 12
8/19/10 at 10:58am
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Thanks I'll give them a try. Most wilton stuff I am not happy with but very limited on local purchases.
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post #4 of 12
8/19/10 at 11:40am
I have used Wilton's Rose for a nice hot pink, but it wasn't for fondant. That probably doesn't help, but good luck!
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post #5 of 12
8/19/10 at 2:40pm
Wilton Rose will give you hot pink I've done it many times (cake in my photos I used it) but I find that the Pink goes very orangey.

Hope you figure it out.
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post #6 of 12
8/19/10 at 3:01pm
I used Wilton Rose on fondant and got hot pink! It was a small amount, but it worked!
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post #7 of 12
9/8/10 at 2:00am
I use wilton 'Rose' for hot pink...works well for me as long as what I'm colouring is white to start with.
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post #8 of 12
9/9/10 at 1:31pm
I bought CK hot pink and it was fabulous.
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link to Jello MMF recipe: http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6934662-.html#6934662
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laughter isn't the best medicine. It's the cure.
Grabbing my bowl of faux-'nache and running from the ganache police!!
link to Jello MMF recipe: http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6934662-.html#6934662
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post #9 of 12
9/9/10 at 1:41pm
Americolor has a great hot pink
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post #10 of 12
9/9/10 at 1:45pm
I think the Americolor hot pink is the best too. It really keeps its color and takes a small amount.

I've used rose before too and added a tiny bit of CK fushia.
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post #11 of 12
9/9/10 at 2:19pm
Americolor's Deep Pink is a good hot pink without being fluorescent, or if you need to stick with wilton colors or whatever colors you have on hand, I believe if you go with your rose or other softer pink color and add red little by little, you will get a hot pink by balancing the two colors.
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post #12 of 12
10/12/10 at 9:55am
Funny you should mention this. I JUST had a near cake disaster as a result fro, simular problem. Like you. I'm limited on cake deco resources, so I generally just use wilton coloring. My most recent cake was supposed to be hot pink with black polkadots and a black ribbon and bow as the base. In the end I WAS able to pull it off... but only out of pure luck.... I used the rose color and it just wasn't vibrant ebough.... by the time I got the color I was looking for I had practically ruined my marshmello fondant! It was all crumbly and gross.. and as u can imagine the same went for the black... I was able to roll it out but not with out A LOT of trial and error. It just kept breaking apart!!! D:

A lot of u mentioned Americolor? If it is more concentrated could it prevent this? Or was it just a bad batch of marshmello fondant?
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