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sweetrat
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:47 am |
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Thanks so much for all the great info! I guess I'm still not getting dry dusting. If I take a dry piece of molded chocolate and a brush and sweep luster dust over it, it will stick? Am I missing a step? It seems the slick surface of the melted and molded candy wouldn't allow the luster dust to adhere. |
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moydear77
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:53 am |
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Yes it will stick. You can buff it to make it shiny. |
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2sdae
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:53 am |
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| sweetrat wrote: | | Thanks so much for all the great info! I guess I'm still not getting dry dusting. If I take a dry piece of molded chocolate and a brush and sweep luster dust over it, it will stick? Am I missing a step? It seems the slick surface of the melted and molded candy wouldn't allow the luster dust to adhere. |
I feel ya there! I have always heard of "wet dusting" can you "dry dust " chocolate and how? Can you "dry dust fondant and buttercream and how?  |
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sweetrat
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Location: Arkansas
Birthday: Mar 27
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:10 am |
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Dude, buff it! Sweet, I wouldn't have thought of that! Of course, I didn't think it could be done in the first place!  I'm beginning to see that I don't practice near enough. Think I'll start a thread about that! My candy molds will be in this week, I'll make some trial molds and practice on them. Thanks you guys! You've really helped me a lot! |
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doleta
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Location: Oklahoma
Birthday: Jul 15
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:47 am |
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All this info is wonderful to this newbie!
How do I buff? With my finger??? |
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2sdae
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:53 am |
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Good question, would a soft cloth take off the dusts since it's a "dry" dusting? |
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moydear77
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:36 pm |
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Buff with a fluffy brush. For the gold it will turn solid gold color. On fondant it works great! If you are adding super pearl you can dab it in the dust and aplly to the cake. Sweep the brush back and forth very quickly and it will get a nice sheen, |
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sweet_as_tisse
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:42 pm |
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| steffy8 wrote: | | How do you get the gold look with luster dust??? I tried and it didn't have any "luster". I love the gold look and want to learn how. Please help |
Hey steffy8
hope i am not to late.... i use aztec gold luster dust and it paints really well. in my pics is my daughter peyton's 8th birthday cake and i used the aztec gold color to paint her name and number....
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playingwithsugar
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:05 pm |
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Buffing dusts -
use a big fat cosmetic brush from the dollar store, the biggest you can find.
It works every time!
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2sdae
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Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:19 pm |
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I just love the cheap secrets we give to eachother on here!!!! |
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sweetrat
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Location: Arkansas
Birthday: Mar 27
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sweetrat
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Birthday: Mar 27
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Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:05 pm |
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Well, I have trudged through and finished. Not a cake I will be posting here! Not the worst I've done, but I won't want to say it was mine compared to some of my others! I found out I have the Wilton version of luster dust and it wasn't intended to be used wet. So, I did the best I could with it. It looks like a piece of white molded candy with glittery accents. That turned out well. But, my red was too bright so it threw the whole cake off. Just gave up after that. It's for my father-in-law so at least I'm not going to be asking someone to pay me for that! Chalk it up to learning! |
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Hollyanna70
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Ok, so here is my experience with gold dust, mixed with lemon extract, then painted onto fondant.
I will warn you, this was my very first ever fondant cake. It was just so I could play around with fondant, and my friend knew in advance her cake would not be pretty. It was kind of a last minute thing, also.
The chocolate roses and writing were done with store bought canned frosting, so that's why they're so droopy. Still, I was able to paint them, even as soft as they were. Very light touch.
All the gold drops are kind of humorous. I was painting one part of the cake, and when I went to dip my brush I "accidently" dripped some of the gold paint, well it was out of place, so I decided to fix it by dipping the brush and just slinging the paint all over the cake to make it look intentional. haha
Luckily, the cake inside was just delicious. It was my first ganache filling and Jenny and her family absolutely loved it. So, I will definitely be making that part again.
I'm open to any comments and/or criticisms. This was the only cake I have with gold painted on, otherwise I would have definitely shown a different one. I just wanted to show how pretty the gold is, and how easily it can be applied, since I was able to do it to very soft canned frosting. I'm definitely not trying to show off any skills.. haha
I bought my gold from [blocked]. I also have silver and copper, which are just as exquisite and a very little bit goes a long long way. Very affordable, too.
I hope this post helps someone.
**edit* I don't know if anyone noticed, but you can actually see a reflection on the side of the cake from the light shining off the gold paint. It was still wet.. I did the flowers and painting in just a few minutes before walking out the door. Just as shiny after it dried, though. |
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sweetrat
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Hollyanna70
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