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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Ashlee Marie
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Carrie
Wow, I would have never thought of that! Thanks for sharing!
Ashlee
your so welcome! It’s really so easy!
Marie
This is awesome! It’s so pretty, I want to give it a try.
Ashlee
Thank you so much! There is so much you can do with ombre, but I do love this ombre ruffle look!
KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family
Genius! What a simple way to get the ombre look.
Ashlee
Thanks! It’s soooo easy, esp when your using more than one gel to get the color you want!
Denine, from We Know Stuff
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!
Ashlee
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!
Gail
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
Ashlee Marie
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
Samantha Johnson
How do you get flat ombre when covering a round cake?
Ashlee
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
Nanthini
Thanks for your easy method Ashlee. How to mix for big quantity for a 5 tier cake.
TIA for your response.
Ashlee Marie
depends on how thick you want your fondant and what size the tiers are. really only you know how much fondant you need
Nicola Dowling
Hi Ashleemarie
Please help me !
Rainbow coloured fondant…. any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Nicki
Ashlee Marie
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.