cake tips??

Question

I made a cake that had yellow fondant stars on a whipped cream/pudding frosting, but it ended up bleeding yellow. How could i make another cake, using the same frosting, but doesn't do this? Why would this happen?

Answer 1

Ok, I would take bets that the culprit here is moisture content. Fondant is pretty dry, and whether you used pre-coloured or added the colour yourself, a whipped cream type base frosting is going to be moister than almost anything else, so I bet the water content in that frosting started pulling the dye out of the fondant.

Unfortunately, I can't think of a good way to fix this problem with that icing. Have you tried the Wilton website? There is a discussion forum there, maybe somebody else knows. My best advice would be to use basic buttercream as the base frosting, I use the class recipe from Wilton and have never had problems with fondant pieces seeping dye past where they are actually in contact with the frosting using that one. It may have something to do with the fat content of the frosting, maybe the higher fat content keeps the moisture from pulling the dye any further? Just a thought, though.

Anyway, sorry I couldn't be of more help. The Wilton site is www.wilton.com, by the way, then you just look at the menu on the side and go to "Discussion Forum." Like I said, maybe somebody else has some ideas for you.

Answer 2

Your frosting has to be fat-based. The pudding/whipped cream is what caused the bleeding. You need to change the recipe. Cover the gooey frosting with a sheet of fondant and put the stars on there.

Answer 3

Instead of using the fondant stars maybe you can make some out of the egg white only frosting mix {in a can at most large craft stores where Wilton products are sold} it is very easy to work with & dries hard.

You can also use a template & some of the colorful Wilton edible glitter to decorate it, looks really nice. To dress up a plain dark cake you can use a fancy doily and some edible glitter or powdered sugar. {lower calories than frosting}

I also imagine that you can seal the fondant in maybe an eggwash type glaze before putting on the cake using the dried eggwhite mix and let dry.

Answer 4

im not sure other than the dampness from the whipped cream and pudding drew the yellow out maybe and im not sure about the fondant but try this use sugar as a tray on a platter or paper to set the decorations on while your frosting goes on the cake now chill the cake now add the dry bottom decorations i hope this works

Answer 5

Use the same frosting but not the fondant starts. the food coloring in the stars reacts with the elevated water level in the whipped cream (more water in whipped cream than in buttercream frosting) ---either that or less food coloring when you make the fondant (unless you are buying it already colored, then don't use it) ---color some whipped cream yellow, and pipe it on top with a star tip

Answer 6

Try using a royal icing in between the icing and fondant. Or try using fondant on the cake and the fondant stars. You can us gum paste.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

whipped cream frosting is alot more moist than say a butter cream frosting..that's why the colouring is coming out of your stars...put your stars on just before you serve...or you could maybe tint your whipped cream slightly so it's not as noticable

Answer 9

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It has recipes for quite a few tasty cakes and desserts that can be prepared easily from home ..

Answer 10

put the stars on last.