A friend of mine is making about 3 dozen cupcakes for a wedding shower and wanted to know if there is a way to make the buttercream icing look pearlized w/ out having to dust each cupcake individually. Can anyone help???

PME makes a pearlized luster spray. You can purchase it from many dealers online unless there is some place close that carries it. Here's links to a couple of sites.

http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=20036&name=Lustre%20Spray%20Pearl%20by%20PME

http://www.cakesbysam.com/store/cart.php?target=product&product_id=22261&category_id=287

http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&productId=632458

or if she has an airbrush, they make pearlized sheen for airbrushing.

http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=21658&name=Air%20Brush%20Color%20Pearl%20Sheen%204.5%20oz%20by%20%20Americolor

http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&productId=632680

http://www.cakesbysam.com/store/cart.php?target=product&product_id=22355&substring=pearlized

they also have several different colors if needed

PME as mentioned has a wonderful spray and smells like heaven also...I use my airbrush with pearl liquid.

The PME spray does smell AWESOME! Every time I give somebody a cake that has been sprayed with it they always say something about how great the cake smells before they even cut it.