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Edible Diamonds - Blah! Goto page 1, 2  Next      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » How Do I? Author Message KristyCakes Regular Member Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 193 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:46 pm  Well, I knew I wouldn't like them when I ordered $50 worth! (Boy, they do look beautiful in pictures, don't they?) But it's the only way to get the look I need on a cake and the customer likes the idea... My question now is how are most people attaching them to the cake - flat side out? It seems that if you stick them on upside-down (pointy side out) they'll look a litte better, but is that silly? cylstrial Forum SuperStar! Joined: Aug 12, 2008 Posts: 5349 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:55 pm  You could have bought some molds and some isomalt and made them yourself. DianeLM Forum SuperStar! Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 2696 Location: Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:56 pm  I had the same problem. I really don't like the gems, but I'm in the same boat as you. I'm putting 75 of them on a wedding cake this month! They really don't look any better pointy side out. I've only attached them to fondant covered cakes. I poked a hole in the fondant, added a dab of gum glue, then pushed the gem into the hole. KHalstead Forum SuperStar! Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 6476 Location: Northeastern Ohio Birthday: Dec 05 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:01 pm  are they not shiny in person? I wonder if adding a confectioner's glaze would help? Do you have a photo of them? KHalstead Forum SuperStar! Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 6476 Location: Northeastern Ohio Birthday: Dec 05 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:07 pm  http://www.shop.diamondpartyco.....oductId=32 is this where you got them? These look amazing!!!!!! did you try to oil them up like they say? KristyCakes Regular Member Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 193 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:23 pm  Thanks! Just tried taking some pictures, but guess my camera can't focus so small! KHalstead, I didn't get them off that site. I ended up ordering from GlobalSugarArt.com b/c they stated that the small diamonds were "approximately 1/4inch". All the other places I looked had approximately 1cm as the smallest. So I ordered from this place and well, they are really 1cm! I've written the company to suggest they re-word their website. 1cm is closer to 3/8" not 1/4". Small details really matter sometimes! Anyway, I did try to spray with shortening. It does clear them up a bit, but once they are pressed pointy side into a cake, I doubt you'll see any facets. Only, a dome-topped, clearish piece of candy stuck into a cake. 128.JPG  Description:  Filesize:  76.62 KB  Viewed:  835 Time(s) 128.JPG  Description:  Filesize:  76.62 KB  Viewed:  835 Time(s) KristyCakes Regular Member Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 193 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:25 pm  don't know why the site changed where I ordered from. I didn't order from GlobalSugarArt.com... I ordered from b.e.r.y.l.s. dot com. ?? 7yyrt Forum SuperStar! Joined: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 3678 Location: Pacific Northwest Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:49 pm  When crystals are put into jewelry, they are backed with foil to make them shimmer. Might that work for edible crystals? KHalstead Forum SuperStar! Joined: Dec 03, 2005 Posts: 6476 Location: Northeastern Ohio Birthday: Dec 05 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:34 am  wonder if you could use some of that edible silver leaf on the backs? the cake they had on that website looks sooooooo beautiful with the diamonds scattered around the tiers! Sooo sparkly! I'm sure that's why anytime you see them advertised they're on a black background to make them look nicer. My DD wants a carved dalmation cake with a princess crown on the dog and jewels scattered around it (she said like it broke into a treasure chest lol so I was planning on ordering some soon, her birthday is Nov. 28th so I've been looking around! I have a gem mold but like you said, they're big...close to 1" each I think! Thought I'd try the whole jolly rancher thing in the mold (I've used them for other things, but not with a mold) lynda-bob Forum Addict Joined: Apr 19, 2007 Posts: 777 Location: San Antonio, Tx Birthday: Jan 14 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:09 am  It's probably a too late now, but KHalstead, I used my own home-made rock candy as jewels on my niece's Sweet 16 cake (pink and white in pics). They aren't jewel shaped, but they sure were sparkly. patticakesnc Forum Fanatic Joined: Oct 01, 2006 Posts: 1648 Location: Catawba NC Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:44 am  I have the same problem with my edible diamonds. I ordered them in two different sizes and when I got them I was sooo disappointed. You are exactly right, they have no sparkle and when pushed in the cake they just have a colored dome. I actually used them on the skirt in my naughty school girl cake as buttons. But I oiled mine too....they went cloudy again. Very disappointing. I also have tried to put silver on the back and had no luck with that either. KristyCakes Regular Member Joined: Mar 04, 2009 Posts: 193 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:46 am  Oh, shoot! I had high hopes for trying the silver back.... Thanks so much for the info! Loucinda Forum SuperStar! Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 3413 Location: Central Ohio Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:03 am  Making them yourself doesn't work so well either. (see the brown ribbon and bows cake in my pics) I tried several different ways to keep them clear, NONE of which worked. It is good to know the stuff you order isn't much better though, so thanks for posting about them. amysue99 Frequent Member Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Posts: 420 Location: Moore, OK Birthday: Nov 27 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:21 am  yes, i was disappointed as well. I ordered some for a wedding cake I did in September. I ended up putting them on pointed side out so that there would be a chance at seeing the facets. Otherwise, like other have said, all that you see is a clear dome. Now I have a ton of them that I don't know what to do with. brincess_b Forum Fanatic Joined: Oct 19, 2008 Posts: 1694 Location: scotland Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:24 am  the ones i have looked at are different, but they say that touching them will make them go cloudy. im sure i have seen flat backed ones, which maybe look better on the sides of cakes? those shapes i think would be better scattered about the cake. xx Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     CakeCentral.com Forum Index » How Do I? Goto page 1, 2  Next You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum Translation: