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Swiss meringue bc....does it hold colors well?

post #1 of 7
6/29/12 at 7:34am
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I have only used smbc once for my brothers cake recently nd I wondered itif it did well with colors. I will be makeing a Sweet 15 cake this coming month like one I have posted in my pics. Only with icing and in purple. no fondant. If I did use fondant, like for the accents , would it be ok? Also I know its hot( it has been in the 100's lately her in Kansas!) but the cake will be inside so I hope its ok. I love the taste way better than regular icing, so I hope this will work out!
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post #2 of 7
7/1/12 at 9:53pm
I use IMBC, but i color cakes like this: I cover the cake in the natural buttercream and then refrigerate it for about 1/2 hour. I then "skim coat" the cake in the colored buttercream. This way there is less color and less chance of the buttercream coloring the guests' mouths.
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post #3 of 7
7/26/12 at 8:39pm
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Thats a good idea, I do that with regular bc icing sometimes. I think I will just airbrush this one though. The accents I will be doing with fondant.
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post #4 of 7
7/26/12 at 9:16pm
Candy colors or oil-based colors for SMBC. You may end up with streaks if you use gel colors.
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post #5 of 7
7/27/12 at 8:04am
Ha! I need to watch this thread because I have such a hard time coloring my SMBC. When I last made it I wanted a spring looking green. Because it was so yellow I had to use a lot of green and in the end it looked like ugly green vomit. My family (test dummies) loved the flavor but did laugh about the color.
I have seen some gorgeous SMBC frosted cakes and I'd love to know how they do it.
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post #6 of 7
7/27/12 at 2:20pm
Ibeeflower, what type of coloring did you use? As vgcea said, is HAS to be candy/oil-based colors for a good result.

mamapastel, airbrushing won't work on SMBC. The water based color will just bead up on the high fit surface. You can do a teeny bit of shading and maybe some light pearlescence and have ti turn out ok, but not all over color. I know they make special airbrush colors for chocolate, maybe that would work.
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post #7 of 7
7/27/12 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by KoryAK

Ibeeflower, what type of coloring did you use? As vgcea said, is HAS to be candy/oil-based colors for a good result.

mamapastel, airbrushing won't work on SMBC. The water based color will just bead up on the high fit surface. You can do a teeny bit of shading and maybe some light pearlescence and have ti turn out ok, but not all over color. I know they make special airbrush colors for chocolate, maybe that would work.



Mamapastel: I used gel. I didn't know candy or oil-based was necessary. I learned something today icon_smile.gif
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