How To Get My Fondant Bright Vibrant Colors?
Decorating By paula0712 Updated 13 Dec 2013 , 9:28am by yomarymo
I have been trying all day tinting fondant... I'm trying to get a vibrant blue (turquoise) color like I've seen on some of the baby shower cakes on CC. I use the Wilton gel colors and knead it in, but my colors aren't really that bright - just darker. Can anyone give me any info on what I should be doing? Thanks!
you can purchase fondants in bright even neon colors in 2# tubs and larger. Or you can get americolor gel food colors at hobby lobby and some cake shops They have good bright colors and many colors.
I am doing a cake right now that is electric blue. In fear that it wouldnt all tint the right color consistantly with my luck I purchaed satin ice blue non pastel... the regular blue. it is bright electric blue. I have also used there bright pink.. it is almost neon pink, it too white fondant to which I added a little bit of pink... before it got a lighter color that I needed.
Good luck with your projects I hope this helped a little bit.
You could try buying Americolor gels. There is a neon set. The blue is very bright.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000Q6I7E4/?tag=cakecentral-20
There's also other "experiments" you might want to try. Maybe combining powder color with the gels.
http://www.bakedeco.com/detail.asp?id=7953&catid=512
Or, trying to color the fondant with color candymelts.
http://sugarsweetcakesandtreats.blogspot.com/2010/11/recipe-red-marshmallow-fondant-mmf.html
Remember that highly colored fondant darkens with time so you may be adding too much color to start with. If you have the time, color your fondant a shade or two lighter than you want and let it sit overnight. I've used Wilton's Sky blue and added just a touch of green and gotten a lovely shade of turquoise before. But like I said, let the fondant 'ripen' to see the end color.
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