AVMutableComposition of a Solid Color with No AVAsset

Here's my end goal: I'd like to use AVVideoCompositionCoreAnimationTool to create a video from Core Animation. I will not be using an existing AVAsset in this composition.

My question is, how can I use AVMutableComposition to make a video with a static solid color for a given amount of time? After I figure that out, I can add the animation.

Here's my code:

- (void)exportVideo {

AVMutableComposition *mixComposition = [AVMutableComposition composition];
CMTimeRange timeRange = CMTimeRangeMake(kCMTimeZero, CMTimeMakeWithSeconds(10, 600));
[mixComposition insertEmptyTimeRange:timeRange];

AVMutableCompositionTrack *videoTrack = [mixComposition addMutableTrackWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo preferredTrackID:kCMPersistentTrackID_Invalid];
[videoTrack insertEmptyTimeRange:timeRange];
AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction *mainInstruction = [AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction videoCompositionInstruction];
mainInstruction.timeRange = timeRange;
mainInstruction.backgroundColor = [UIColor blueColor].CGColor;

AVMutableVideoComposition *mainComposition = [AVMutableVideoComposition videoComposition];

mainComposition.renderSize = CGSizeMake(500, 500);
mainComposition.instructions = [NSArray arrayWithObject:mainInstruction];
mainComposition.frameDuration = CMTimeMake(1, 30);

NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex:0];
NSString *myPathDocs =  [documentsDirectory stringByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"FinalVideo-%d.mov",arc4random() % 1000]];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:myPathDocs];

AVAssetExportSession *exporter = [[AVAssetExportSession alloc] initWithAsset:mixComposition
                                                                  presetName:AVAssetExportPresetHighestQuality];
exporter.outputURL = url;
exporter.outputFileType = AVFileTypeQuickTimeMovie;
exporter.shouldOptimizeForNetworkUse = YES;
exporter.videoComposition = mainComposition;

[exporter exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler:^{
    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        [self exportDidFinish:exporter];
    });
}];

}

I know you have to add at least one track to the mixComposition, so I've added a video track and inserted an empty time range, but when I call exportAsynchronouslyWithCompletionHandler, the handler is never called. I can add a dispatch_after for any amount of time after I call export and observe that the exporter has a status of AVAssetExportSessionStatusExporting.

What am I doing wrong?