Painting Over Black Or Dark Fondant
Decorating By ylescu Updated 31 Aug 2016 , 3:49am by Creativeconfectioner
Has anyone had luck with this?
I have dark blue and black fondant that I'd like to paint mexican flowers on. Is there a particular way to mix paste or gel colors to get it to show up on the fondant? And is there a way to avoid it getting streaky-looking? When I try to paint over what I've already painted it either gets streaky or the paint gets pulled off/erased/ or lifted, if that makes any sense.
Hope someone has some tips to share :) TIA!
i don't do a lot of painting on fondant -- i understand your problem -- i often use alcohol and airbrush color for painting but i guess that's in my airbrush mostly -- what are you thinning the color with?
oh i tell yah -- white color is the weirdest product imaginable -- i would recommend ditching it -- food color is not like paint at all -- try it without the white -- see how that goes
Try using cocoa butter as a base for the "paint" instead?
Thinned down food coloring would not work, logically. It works on white because the color easily shows through, but I'd probably make a shortening based buttercream and color it very vividly, and then paint it on very thick, and if possible, use colors that contrast with the background (yellow, red, ect.)
When ever I stencil lace on ivory cakes, I use americolour white in the royal icing mix to ensure a true opaque white...otherwise the fondant colour comes through....I think this idea would also work with gel colours.....I found a blog that actually tried it....hope it helps :)
http://cakesdecor.com/topics/2592-painting-onto-black-fondant
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