ok I am seriously insane need help

[Rach75]

so some of you may have read my thread the other day about the rainbow cake I made for Jack well it was such a hit a friend has asked me to do her daughters cake but instead of all in one tin she wants me to do to a rainbow layer cake thats all well and good, but I need a really good really easy white icing mixture and with the decorations she saw one that had round circles of colored fondant do I just buy the ready made fondant in woolies divide and color roll and cut ???

[littlelara]

I'm planning to do a rainbow layer cake at the end of the month (heaven help me, I've never baked in my life) I would think the supermarket fondant is fine.
I saw an amazing one with white fondant and then the birthday girl drew all over it with special textas, but I know my limits.
I'll be going with glittery gel pens.

[Phteven]

If she wants fondant just buy the ready made stuff.

[Rach75]

the fonadant is for the decorations not the actual cake itself she saw thi sone that had fondant circle of color stuck onto the icing
its the white icing thats worrying me... LOL

[Raupe]

I reckon just buy white icing (maybe royal icing?) from the supermarket and buy fondant while you are there, too. You can colour the fondant by kneading the colouring in. Just add the colouring gradually, until you got the shade you are happy with. Then roll out, cut into circles and place on iced cake. Just make sure you work fast with the fondant, otherwise it dries out and cracks. Definitely ice the cake first before working with the fondant. Oh, and try using proper colouring paste (wilton or similar) to colour the fondant. The food colour from the supermarket is too liquidy and messes with the texture of the fondant. (In saying that I have successfully used supermarket food colouring when I was desperate; I just mixed the colour up with icing sugar first, to make a paste and then added it to the fondant.)

Maybe practice the deco on a trial cake first, before you commit?

Good luck hun!!

[Rach75]

I have the colors so thats no biggie they worked fine for jacks cake so I know they will color the fondant fine

she wants liek a buttercream for icing bu tmine turned yellow the other day does that make sense I though tsomeone might have a great easy icing that will stay white LOL

[Raupe]

Sorry, just read your comment above. So you are more worried about the icing? Do you know what icing you want? I.e. do you want an icing that dries to a smooth, hard matte finish (like royal icing - easy to decorate) or do you want a creamy one (like buttercream or white chocolate)?