I have a bride who wants something jewel like on the vines of her cake.....any ides on what to use?

Should I just clump large sugar sprinkles???

I have never seen an actual jewel...are they out there?

Thanks!

Melissa

There are actual edible jewels you can buy and you can also buy the molds and make your own using melted starburst candies. I don't have my laptop with me or I could pull up the sites with the info. I can get it for you in a couple of days but I'm sure someone else has it bookmarked too!

What size of jewels are needed? The only premade ones I have found were 1/2 to 1 inch in size. That was too large for the design I was trying for. You can buy molds and make your own. Some people have made fondant gems painted with colored piping gel to give the shiny effect.

I hadn't even though of trying to make my own! Where do I find the molds?

Yea, the premade size would be too big, I am thinking tiny!

Melissa

Here is the mold link that I know.

http://www.firstimpressionsmolds.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=12

Here is a website that sells edible jewels. I have never ordered from them, and I did see someone post the other day about being disappointed about their quality, just so you know.

http://www.thejewelsofdenial.com/catalog.php?category=1

Here are some threads which you may find useful:

http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1421971#1421971

http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1417781#1417781

http://forum.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=1416941#1416941

Here's another link for a jewel mold:

http://www.jbprince.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3627

Thanks so much for all the links, I saved them all and now I have to go back through them and find which one will work best!!

You guys are fast!

I've never gotten anything from here but I've heard great things...

http://www.jeff-the-chef.com/store/products.html

Do you guys think it would work to just grow some sugar crystals and break the peices off? I am talking, I need itty bitty shiney peices. The bride wants like white vines on the cake, and was wanting something shiney kind of where parts of them connect, so I don't want the jewel to totally take over, but just accent.....would not cooking it make it have a different reaction to the buttercream do you think?

How about this...
http://www.thebakerskitchen.com/CAKE_SHOPPE/Sugars/Coarse_Sugar/coarse_sugar.htm