Fondant mess please help!

How much coloring did you add?  When did you add the coloring?

And you added the coloring in addition to the water that you used to melt your marshmallows?  Did you also add some Crisco?

Could you please tell me the purpose of this water and marshmallow enema? And how do you actually get the bowel into microwave? 

Oh, wait, you must mean bowl!;-) that was a close one, I had the marshmallows and water all ready to go!

Seriously though, replace some of the water with the gel. Or add some cocoa powder and less gel. 

So all told you began with nearly three tablespoons of liquid -- the two tablespoons the recipe asked for PLUS the food coloring.

It might help to subtract an amount of the water equal to the amount of food coloring you add to the recipe. 

The best advice I learned here is to start with CHOCOLATE MMF or buttercream, then add the black. That way you don't have to add nearly so much black coloring. It has worked beautifully every time I've done it.
 

You do not have to start of with cocoa powder...I mean what if your client doesn't want chocolate? Best advice I have is to stop adding black when it turns dark purple. Form it into a disc, lightly cover with crisco, wrap in saran wrap, then put into a zip lock bag, and let it sit on the counter at least 12 hours before adding more black. Fondant will darken on it's own....the thing is you gotta leave it alone :)

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Originally Posted by jolleys136 

LOL, sorry for my spelling issues.  I was in the middle of a Fondant rage as I was typing.  I tried another batch tonight and I got the consistency.  I only added in 2 drops of coloring to start and then 2 more towards the end.  I decided to let it rest overnight to see how the color turns out.  when I wrapped it up for the night it was still a purplish color.  Hopefully it turns black for the cake I am working on.  My last resort will be to use Wilton Fondant, I have heard that it tastes horrid and would prefer not to have it on the cake I am making.  Thanks for all the input, any more will be greatly accepted. 

Thanks

Brandon

I am dyslexic, and Believe me, spelling is HARD for me, I am obsessive about it, and google every word I am not sure of. ;-) I often want to spell this as they sound, which rarely works in our crazy language! 

I have found that working with the  black (or red) will also deepen the color quite a bit, so even if it a bit purple when you go to it again, try softening a piece a working with it, then compare again. 

I wonder of melting a tiny bit or geletin, or using corn syrup rather than water would help with the issues with homemade black that we all have. Maybe half gel color, half powdered color? Some experimenting could be done ;-) 

just yesterday I had a very sticky black chocolate clay I was working with. Started grey, blackened in (and all over) my hands. I had handprints and finger prints all over it, so I had to rub it with a viva after I got it on the cake. It occurs to me now that I should've used power with it, and I even have some on hand.... !

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Originally Posted by Annabakescakes 

I am dyslexic, and Believe me, spelling is HARD for me, I am obsessive about it, and google every word I am not sure of.

If you use Mozilla Firefox it lets you know which words are misspelled as you're typing.