Would this work with super peard dust? I have a bed cake to do and it is suppose to look like silk sheets on it. I plan to paint it with super pearl dust for a shiney effect but would like it to really shine. Do you steam on painted or just dusted surfaces?
I had painted my cake board fondant with super pearl and lemon extract for the wedding and it was a really nice, not dry finish. Of course, after a weekend in the fridge, it was very smooth and shiny, but the pearl was not quite as even -hard to tell though because the base was marred by the kitchen people. I would test a small piece with the pearl, extract or vodka and the steam for your "silk bed sheet", then also try with just dry dusting and steam. It might change after a day or two of drying as someone said earlier.
On the episode of cake boss the pp are talking about it was just plain fondant that he steamed. It was a black xbox and when he was done it was soooo shiny. Cant wait to try this!
I lightly steam all my fondant cakes with a small hand held clothes steamer. It does set colors, shimmer dusts and petal dusts nicely. It does dry but it still has a nice finish. I pass it all over the cake once and pretty quickly. HTH
BTW when you steam black or dark color fondant , it does look very shiny when you steam it but it does dry and does not remain that shiny.. Just so you know.
If I have a buttercream iced cake with Fondant accents, can I steam them? Or will it do something weird to the buttercream? Thanks!
On Monday night he steamed with a garment steamer and his fondant stayed shiny because I saw it later in the show when he gave it to the relative...I can hardly wait to try it....he used a hand steamer and did not hold it near the fondant lomng at all...that show will be repeated Monday night at 10 30
I tested it out. The fondant will stay shiny while it's wet, which is for a good couple of hours but once it's dry it loses the shine. So I would steam the cake just before it's delivered. I like the idea of using steam to get rid of powdered sugar cause it was always a problem for me on dark colours.
My cake decoration teacher showed us to use boiled kettle to steam flower, only a few second, amazing effect.
But my question is how to steam a whole cake without a hand steamer? I am wondering my iron which has steam function, but it leaks water drops sometimes.... So I am not sure it will work... Any ideas?
My steam iron has a steam burst that works great on my cakes. It builds up pressure and when I push the button it bursts out. Makes for very shiny fondant and not too wet.
AHow long does the steam take to dry, how long does the shine last and will it make my colors bleed. I like the idea of steaming and want to try it for my granddaughters birthday cake
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