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6 Comments:
Find a cake decorating store in your neighborhood. I'd start with some luster dust and see if that gives you the tint you want. You might find some gel or powder colors that you like.
kjgibson at 12:58AM on 05/03/08
You thinnk that just adding the gold/and/or silver luster dust to the white royal icing will work?? Thank you for your help.
auntcake at 5:56AM on 05/03/08
Is the royal icing for accent or covering the entire product? I'm not sure if you can mix luster dust in to tint any kind of icing but you could try it. I used silver luster dust a few months ago to turn grey fondant into a shiny silver Dallas Cowboys football helmet on a groom's cake. I mixed small amounts of luster dust with plain vodka and brushed it on the helmet- it was about the size of a small grapefruit so it didn't take too long. Just make sure you do thin coats if you're brushing it on so you get even coverage.
AuntJone at 10:58AM on 05/03/08
I am trying to pipe gold royal icing as I have seen other bakers do. I am familiar with how to the method you just spoke of, thank you. I wonder if I have to pipe out white royal icing then do this method...any thoughts would be appreciated.
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auntcake at 3:06PM on 05/03/08
Aunt cake----you CANNOT add luster dust to frosting & have it work. It has to be painted on dry or at least well crusted royal frosting, works on fondant or gumpaste. If you check any of the great cake diva books (Colette Peters is my fav), that is how it is done. For the record, one time me & a friend added luster to piping gel. I might work on the top of the cake (I will have to try it again) BUT on the side of a cake, it was very heavy & slid down. It Might work on cookies dried flat. I use piping gel & gold dragees on cookies to make "angel" hair. That technique is in Colette's Christmas book. I have a decorated cake business & have also decorated thousands of cookies. IT DOES HELP the amount of "luster paint (dust mixed with grain alcohol product such a vodka or mixed with lemon extract) NEEDED for a project to color the frosting,etc. aversion of what you want the finish to look like---example---pale golden yellow is easier to make a beautiful gold than doing it over white---any thin spots look goldish; pale gray makes it easier to do silver. I also will paint luster paint directly onto some of the cookies I do---gold or pearl wings on angels for example or use it every thin to add a luster "haze" over a color before I add other piped details. My website is cakeartdesigns.com
Will check out your site as well.
Ask Cookey at 4:03PM on 05/04/08
Do you have an airbrush? or at least access to one? That may be the quickest and most effective way to do it. Or, you could pipe out your decorations on a piece of parchment, spray them, and then apply them to your cake/cookie using royal as adhesive.
beth1 at 9:15PM on 05/05/08