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Combine sugar and Color Flow mix, then add water.
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Beat at low speed with electric mixer for five minutes.
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(Too high a speed will beat air into the icing and the finished work may have bubbles.
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Use at once and keep bowl covered with a damp cloth while working - icing dries quickly.
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Tint with paste coloring as needed.
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Make your pattern.
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Cover with wax paper - set on hard surface.
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Fill decorating cone with #2 tube and outline design, keeping lines as smooth as possible.
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Work all areas with like color at one time.
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If your fill-in work is the same color as the outline - wait a few minutes until icing crusts.
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If fill in work is of a darker shade or contrasting color - allow outline to dry for at least an hour so that colors will not bleed together.
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Have thinned icing ready (thin with water, a few drops at a time-never beat).
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Test icing - let a spoonful of icing drop back into bowl.
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If it disappears at the count of ten, icing will be just right.
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Fill decorating cone 1/2 full only.
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Cut a small opening at the tip of the cone.
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Starting at outline, press out the icing gently, letting it flow by itself to touch outline.
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Fill entire area quickly before icing crusts.
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If bubbles appear, prick with pin.
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Drying times vary, but allow at least 48 hours.
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