I have a pearl maker that I have used on lots of cakes to make pearls and I just got a request for silver pearls. I am wondering what the best way to go about doing these. I have some silver that I have painted on gumpaste but if i put it on dry it would be very messy transfering them to the cake. And if I paint them on wet, the strand will harden before I can get it on the cake rounded... Does this make any sense? Anyway, any ideas would be helpful! TIA

how about making light gray fondant and rolling them in the silver pearl dust. i just got some silver and gold but haven't had a chance to play yet. I did make some great blue pearls, by using a light blue fondant and rolling in super pear. picture on my cake page.

The ribbon strips on this cake were painted off the cake lying flat. Then I transferred them to the cake and I didn't have any trouble with them being too hard, they actually started out white, so you know it took a while to get this color. I don't know what you use but I use Everclear and luster dust. It also comes in several shades of silver. Hope this helps.
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Jibbies

with moonstone luster dust, use grey fondant and liberally brush the inside of the bead maker. I made a Wedding cake last night using this method it turned out better than I could have imagined.
HTH
Joan
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P.S.
Allow the pearls to dry about 30-45 minutes before placing on cake it will help the luster dust adhere.