It Works!

Decorating By cakesbyallison Updated 21 May 2006 , 12:43am by yassy

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cakesbyallison Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:11pm
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I had posted a question earlier this morning, about doing piping royal icing onto buttercream... The reason being, is I had a cake iced in bc and needed to pipe scrolls on it, and paint them gold w/ luster dust... Well, I wasn't sold on the idea of using royal on buttercream, so I painted the luster dust (mixed w/lemon extract) right on the buttercream - and it worked! I actually had fun doing it. Just thought I'd pass that on, if you hadn't tried it already.
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i_love_icing Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:13pm
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That is beautiful! That's going on my list of things to try icon_smile.gif

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KHalstead Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:13pm
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Looks gorgeous.......much more sophisticated than the royal I think.......looks stunning...great job!!!1

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Crimsicle Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:13pm
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That is just gorgeous. Thanks for letting us know how the technique worked out.

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Dordee Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:14pm
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Wow, that's a beautiful cake and that technique sounds easy enough. I will have to try it.

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playingwithsugar Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:17pm
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It really is lovely. I have saved your photo and technique into my Inspiration file. Congratulations on a wonderful job!

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Granpam Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:23pm
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Very beautiful. How long did you wait before you actually painted on the buttercream. I tried it once with diasterous results. Scraped the icing off and started over with a diffrent design.

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cakesbyallison Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:46pm
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I waited quite a bit... an hour or two. Used a long soft brush, it wasn't difficult at all.

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mariamom Posted 19 May 2006 , 9:51pm
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That is a BEAUIFUL cake! So you just mixed luster dust with a little lemon extract? I will have to try that! Thanks for the tip!

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Nitu Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:06pm
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Beeeeeeeeeeautiful cake!
Great job!!

Nitu

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AmyBeth Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:09pm
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Looks fantastic! I love it.

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pinkopossum Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:28pm
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beautiful cake - absolutely great job!

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FunCakesVT Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:32pm
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That is really a very beautiful and elegant cake. Great to know how that works; I'd love to try it sometime!

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ps3884 Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:34pm
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You're cake looks absolutely beautiful!!! I can't wait to try that. Thanks for sharing.

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Schmoop Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:36pm
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Do you use any butter in your buttercream? I tried this, and wonder if my problem was the butter in the buttercream.

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BayouGatorFan Posted 19 May 2006 , 10:37pm
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Your cake is truly gorgeous! I'll definately have to try it myself!

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donnajf Posted 19 May 2006 , 11:26pm
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That's a BEAUTIFUL cake thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif
Excelllent work thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif

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leily Posted 19 May 2006 , 11:32pm
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Beautiful! I have done this before and found out the hard way that you have to definitely have a crusting buttercream and a VERY VERY soft brush.

I am definitely saving this one as something to do, you're scrolls are great with the different size strokes

Leily

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MrsMissey Posted 19 May 2006 , 11:32pm
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Wow...I am totally impressed! That is beautiful!

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Ursula40 Posted 20 May 2006 , 12:45am
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Absolutely gorgeously elegant

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sweetsuccess Posted 20 May 2006 , 12:49am
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AWESOME CAKE it almost looks too smooth to be buttercream. Excellent painting...I never knew you could paint a design on buttercream. I always thought the butter cream would break down. thumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gifthumbs_up.gif

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candyladyhelen Posted 20 May 2006 , 1:19am
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Wow, that turned out super!

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cakesbgood Posted 20 May 2006 , 1:28am
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Love it! Great painting!! thumbs_up.gif

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yassy Posted 21 May 2006 , 12:43am
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Thanks for the tip. Your cake turned out beautiful icon_biggrin.gif

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