Hello all,

My SIL requested me to make this cake but I'm not sure how this was done. Any ideas on how the flowers were done? How to get the glittery effect on the cake? Any help would be great. BTW, this will be my first wedding cake. Yikes!

Thanks.

Covered in fondant, with royal icing piping....

This is a link to flower tutorials:
http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6700733.html#6700733

And the sparkle effect was created by brushing on "Sparkle Dust" - the grain is a tad larger than luster or pearl dust so it is more, well, sparkly.

the flowers look like they are toyal icing some of them have the brush embroidery technique. the shimmer looks like it was airbrushed on - alternatively you can brush it onto the fondant with a dry clean blush brush

i do believe .. that the large flower is a g/p peony?

For the glittery effect on the cake, roll out your fondant till close to the thicknes you want then take a dollop of crisco in your palms, rub together and then rub lightly over your fondant making sure you cover the area that will cover your cake.Sprinkle your glitter over the surface and using a piece of foam rub the glitter into the fondant,the crisco will make it stick and the foam will distribute it evenly.When you are satisfied with the effect you have, roll out a lttle bit more to the normal thickness,this secures the glitter even more,lift fondant and cover the cake as normal.
The other decor is royal iced brush embroidery.

You can "paint" the sparkle dust on - just mix it with everclear or vodka, which both dry VERY fast, leaving just the beautiful glitter behind! The flowers are piped on royal icing or even BC, and it looked like they are using a brushed embroidery.

WOW Tee-Y, thanks for the info! so well put!

Thank you all for your response. Now my question is, for the part that is draped.... was it draped first then brush embroidered? I'm guessing yes, right? Do I make sense? haha