Has anyone tried colouring fondant icing by warming it then beating it with the colour??

[CloudOfStarlings]

Dh tells me this is possible.. warming some white fondant icing in microwave, then adding food colouring and mixing..

Have you tried it? What were the results? I have a magimix and electric whisk..what's best to use?
I'm wanting a pale blue if that makes a difference..

Are we talking runny fondant or sugar paste?

I havent tried this because I cant see why you need to.

I use sugarflair colour pastes and knead a little into the fondant.

I wouldnt try this in my precious kenwood.

Kneading for a few minutes with a little gel colour would be easy enough I think.

You couldn't buy coloured so used to just knead it in.

I'm talking sugarpaste. I haven't used gel colours before, might try to get some tomorrow then. I haven't been able to find the right shade of blue in a ready-coloured icing and I also need quite a large amount so didn't fancy kneading

Sugarflair ice blue (I think) is a lovely colour. Just use a tiny bit on a tooth pick to start then add more as needed

Cloud, i also used Peacock blue powder to get the right colour.

I have done, with the dough hook, but my KitchenAid has an override thingummy so that it can't kill itself in the process. Otherwise, I would be very cautious.

I mixed 3.5kg of white fondant icing with pink sugarflair colouring today. You don't need the microwave. Just break it into manageable chunks, knead each one until soft, then mix together, add a tiny bit of colouring, and knead through until uniform in colour.