Cake! magazine by Australian Cake Decorating Network Sept 2019 Cake! Magazine | Page 10

Step 2: USING A COLOUR WHEEL Step 3: PREPARING THE TILES FOR PAINTING
A colour wheel helps to illustrate colour relationships and can also help to design
harmonious colour schemes. There are a huge number of beautiful colours out there
already mixed up (and I’ve got a heap of them!) However, for this tutorial, only red, blue,
yellow, black and white have been used to demonstrate their relationship on the colour
wheel. The tiles will need to be prepared in advance for this cake. Prepare a tile for each side of the cake you
plan to cover. Roll out the fondant so it is slightly wider and higher than the side of the cake you are
going to cover. The thickness should be approximately 2-3mm.
Regardless of what medium you are using to decorate a cake, a colour wheel is a handy
thing to have. It can help if you’re trying to mix fondant, buttercream or royal icing to
create a unique colour
to match a customer’s request.
Flip the rolled-out fondant onto baking paper before cutting the tiles. Doing this means it can slide flat
straight onto drying racks (if you don’t have a dehydrator you could use cake cooling racks or even just
leave the tiles to dry on a flat surface.
Cutting the tiles square means you will have plenty of straight edge pieces to line up with the edges of
your cake. Scraps of fondant can be dried and used to test paint colours before using them on the tiles.
It’s preferable to let the tiles dry before painting. If you choose to paint onto soft fondant, make sure to
not let your hand rest on it. For painting inspiration look at fabrics, wallpaper and art. Inspiration is all
around us!