Cake covered in fondant, then sugar sprinkles on piping gel. No luck searching for photos?

Here is one. It can be done with a fondant covered cake, or a buttercream cake. The cakes are lightly brushed with clear piping gel or clear corn syrup and then sprinkled with Crystal Sugar.
http://www.liweddings.com/chat/p/2439761_1.jpg

I'm just not sure about the eating quality. It seems to me it would be gritty, kind of like sand, and awfully sweet.

I did one, last February just after herniating 2 disks in my back. I used clear piping jelly and turbinado sugar.

Thanks Gals

Those cakes are wow just brilliant, I have never heard of that. Thanks for posting it

Those cakes are beautiful, but like ShirleyW, I don't think they would be very good to eat. I suppose if people take the fondant off anyway, you'd never know it was crusted with sugar. Flourgrl-that cake is gorgeous!!

wow those cakes look so delicate just like crystal, what a great idea. It would be good to use colores sugar

Wandy

That looks gorgeous... incredibly elegant! But I would second the 'peel off the fondant first' thing. I would think the texture as well as the sweet factor would be a little icky. But again... the look is amazing. I am so impressed by it!

I think the cake was very sweet, but the bride said everyone loved it.
It was white velvet vanilla cake, brown sugar buttercream, fondant, and the turbinado sugar exterior!!

flourgrl ~ Your cake is gorgeous!!!
I think this would be fun to try sometime!! Always nice to have a different medium to use!

The mardi gras style cake in my gallery is all buttercream (except for the fondant mask and diamonds on the bottom tier)... and the middle tier was coated with sanding sugar. I've also done it on fondant, but doing it directly on buttercream is much easier I think.

cool cakes BrandiBakes!!!

Yes, Tell us about the brown sugar buttercream!

also, how do you get it on there? Do you throw the sugar at it? give the details!

Thanks everyone....
well I wasn't at my best as I had just hurt my back, so this cake was not on the top of my priority list as I could barely move!

I just stacked the cake, covered sections with gel and stuck the sugar on. Didn't do the best job around the edges, but like I said, I was just trying to get it done.

I would think you might be able to coat it with clear pipin gel and then use your hand to gently press the sugar against the cake. A tilting turntable might come in handy. I'm guessing here. It's similar to putting chocolate shavings or coconut on the side of a cake, isn't it?

I held each layer seperately in my hand and tilted it a little and pressed the sugar onto it (holding it over the bowl of sugar ... then I waited for it to dry a little before I stacked the cakes.

I imagine that tasting like the little Peeps I buy for Easter. You know, the mashmallow chicks covered in brightly colored sugar. They're kind of gritty but I seem to get them down okay. Ü I like this look on a cake.