How Would I Make Lavender Pearls For A Cake?
Decorating By sunflowerfreak Updated 14 May 2007 , 1:27am by miriel
I am making a brides wedding dress cake and I want small lavender pearls down the back of her dress. Does anyone know how I would make these? thanks
sunflowerfreak
I'm sure there are people who can give you a better idea, but I would probably use lavender fondant to make little balls, then paint them with pearl dust. Is there a lavender pearl dust? I know I have green pearl, so maybe there's a lavender, too. Maybe you could get some purple luster dust and mix it with some super pearl to lighten it up a bit. I just did that with my Mother's Day cake.
Good luck!
Mix a small amount of purple lustre dust with some pearl dust and put in a Ziplock bag. Get your pearls (either made from a pearl maker or from a round tip) and put in the bag with a dropper full of vodka (or lemon extract.) Then shake shake shake until they are all coated and dump out on a cookie sheet (with sides!) to dry. 
Depending on how light a color you want, I would make gumpaste or fondant pearls, let them dry solid. Put a small amount of lavender petal dust and and just a bit of super pearl luster dust in a zip lock bag, shake to mix the colors, don't add any liquid. Drop the dried pearls into the bag and shake to cover them. Pour them out of the bag into a wire mesh strainer, lay a piece of computer printer paper under the strainer, shake the pearls around to remove excess color. The dust that has sifted down onto the paper can be poured back into a dust container and used another time. Dusting them dry will give you a more even coating, if you add alcohol you take the chance of some pearls being covered heavier than others, with the dry dust they will be more uniform.
Thanks so much everyone. Now I just need to purchase some lavender petal dust and Super Pearl Luster Dust. Where do you guys get yours?
I have made pearls in many different colors, pink, yellow, purple, blue, green, and I make mine just like Shirley says, works everytime.
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