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Creating Ombre Fondant

Published: June 27, 2014 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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This is just an easy/short tutorial on how to make ombre fondant!  I use this technique all the time to get a wonderful, gradual, color change for a ton of cakes, like this purple cake for Better Homes and Gardens, and the ombre ruffles in the picture below.

How to easily color fondant in an ombre style

Trying to gradually color multiple balls of fondant is tough.  I mean coloring them is easy, but getting the gradual change down can be really hard, and time consuming.  You’ll go too dark one step and not dark enough the next, GAH, it’s frustrating.  So this way is easy.

Start by simply mixing your lightest shade and darkest shade, don’t bother with the inbetween yet.  In this case white and orange.

easy-to-color-ombre-fondant

Then placing them next to each other roll them into a log, leaving one end all orange, the other end all white and the inbetween with create a diagonal line, or a nice gradual increase.  DON’T over work it.

easy-to-make-ombre-fondant

Then cut it in to 5 equal pieces, with your lightest color and darkest color being by themselves (with little or none of the opposite color left on those end blobs).  In this case I left that bit of orange in the big glob of white to add a smidge of color, but if your happy with your light shade you can simply pull that off.

ombre-fondant

Then knead the colors together!  Voila, way simpler and MUCH faster than trying to achieve this one at a time! You have a great gradual change between each of your blobs, and your ready for decorating!

my easy way for making perfectly even ombre fondant or gumpaste

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  1. Carrie

    June 27, 2014 at 4:52 pm

    Wow, I would have never thought of that! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Ashlee

      July 26, 2014 at 12:46 am

      your so welcome! It’s really so easy!

  2. Marie

    June 30, 2014 at 5:34 pm

    This is awesome! It’s so pretty, I want to give it a try.

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    • Ashlee

      July 26, 2014 at 12:50 am

      Thank you so much! There is so much you can do with ombre, but I do love this ombre ruffle look!

  3. KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family

    June 30, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    Genius! What a simple way to get the ombre look.

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    • Ashlee

      July 26, 2014 at 12:52 am

      Thanks! It’s soooo easy, esp when your using more than one gel to get the color you want!

  4. Denine, from We Know Stuff

    July 1, 2014 at 9:16 am

    That is just about the coolest thing I have ever seen. 🙂

    I am afraid to go near fondant – I’d probably make a mess of it all. One day, when the kids are tired of me, I’ll go to a cake decorating class!

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      July 26, 2014 at 12:53 am

      Thanks so much! And don’t be afraid, fondant is super fun to work with, and you know I not only teach here in Utah but I also teach online classes!

  5. Gail

    February 1, 2017 at 4:45 pm

    Hi, I want to cover a round cake with ombré. Would you give me some advice on how to do this please.
    Thank you in advance.
    Gail

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    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 2:29 pm

      In fondant i would do it in ribbons of ruffles, you can’t just get one sheet ombre using fondant colors. if you want the fondant base ombre then use an airbrush gun

  6. Samantha Johnson

    April 19, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    How do you get flat ombre when covering a round cake?

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    • Ashlee

      April 30, 2017 at 12:34 pm

      buttercream is the only way to get that – for fondant you’d have to do something like ruffles to get the ombre effect down the sides of the cake

  7. Nanthini

    December 8, 2017 at 7:58 am

    Thanks for your easy method Ashlee. How to mix for big quantity for a 5 tier cake.

    TIA for your response.

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    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 2:28 pm

      depends on how thick you want your fondant and what size the tiers are. really only you know how much fondant you need

  8. Nicola Dowling

    February 23, 2018 at 10:31 am

    Hi Ashleemarie
    Please help me !
    Rainbow coloured fondant…. any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
    Many thanks
    Nicki

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    • Ashlee Marie

      January 6, 2020 at 2:28 pm

      I buy all the base colors, then adjust shades from that, so I’d just buy red, yellow and blue and you can make orange, green and purple or buy those too.

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