Black royal bleeding problem.

You might need to make sure your base color is dry before you layer your next color on top. Otherwise you are doing a wet into wet look….meaning the top color will sink into bottom color.

That was something I was going for, the wet on wet technique I mean. I love the look of those smooth decorated cookies. Is black a color that doesnt work well with that technique? Are there special ways of doing it with black?

What confused me is that for hours after we finished they looked really great! there was no bleeding. It wasnt until the next morning when I came in that I saw the black had bled. The royal seemed pretty well set before it bled.

-- Nikki, So Cal, www.Facebook.com/nikkibelleperchecakes

Black is a very unpredictable color. In my experience, sometimes it bleeds, sometimes it doesn’t. Waiting for the base color to dry is a very good suggestion. When I make black to decorate cookies, I make it dark gray instead. This has worked for me. It still looks black next to the other colors, but it’s less likely to bleed. I hope that helps.

-- Kathy, Ohio, http://www.CakesOnTheLane.com

Thank you Kathy. I guess I will just need to tinker with it a little more! I did try and color the icing a dark gray cause I told myself that it will darken as it sets and compared to the other colors it will look black but I still may have added a little too much.

-- Nikki, So Cal, www.Facebook.com/nikkibelleperchecakes