How Do I Make It Look Like A Shiny Red Car?
Decorating By chefdot Updated 28 May 2006 , 3:31pm by fearlessbaker
Luster dust will give it more of a sheen rather than what we think of new-car shiny. But, it's pretty much all you can do. I've been thinking of trying confectioner's glaze sprayed on with a fine mister. I picked up the glaze at my cake supplier, but haven't found an appropriate mister yet. I'm not comfortable running it through my airbrush.
You can definetly use silver lustre dust mixed with a bit of vodka or clear vanilla extract.It will make the chrome pieces shiny.
This is kind of out there, but it's a starting point - what if you used a candy apple recipe and somehow put that over your cake? It would give you just the right shine and shade... I just don't know how you would get it cool enough to not melt your buttercream (or whatever kind of frosting) underneath... but I think it would be similar to working with blown sugar and such. Maybe someone else who has worked more with it would have an idea?
Or alternatively, what about tinted piping gel? It wouldn't be quite as smooth, though...
Hi,
Is your frosting Fondant ? if it is, you can use a spray called:
Lacquer Spray, $27.99 at PastryChef.com..it will give you the shine that you want, like a real car shinyness to it.. 
Prettycake... that lacquer spray... is it easy to use? you don't need an airbrusher? do you know if you can get it at stores since I am needing to do the cake soon?
How exactly do you use luster dust with the lemon juice or vanilla extract or vodka? and what works better? would i have enough to use that for the red car? do i just wait for the BC to crust over then paint it on?
I kind of have the same dilemma. I am making a red truck cake for my nephew for graduation this week. It's BEYOND shiny red. I was considering red fondant and brushing it all over with super pearl luster dust. Maybe that will work for us both? Probably won't be shiny but will give it a metallic look kind of like the paint, I'm hoping.
I have actually put luster dust in my decorating bag with my buttercream and piped with it before but to cover the whole car, I'm not sure how you would do that. You would need a lot of dust. I do know that people paint on buttercream that has crusted good, though.
I just used pearl luster dust for the first time last weekend. I painted fondant stars for a dora cake (pic in my galery). They came out pretty shiny - I could see that it would work for a car look too. I found that a little goes a long way cause you are just looking for the shiny affect - not painting on a color. You could also get the silver luster dust and paint it on thicker for the chrome look. I used mine mixed with vodka. Good luck
You could try the edible laquer glaze. Maybe this is what crimsicle is talking about.
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