Please Help!!! I Need Gold Colored Buttercream!
Decorating By sliceofheaven Updated 16 May 2007 , 4:00pm by apclassicwed
Hopefully someone can HELP out there! I posted earlier and couldn't get any advice......HOW in the world can I color my buttercream GOLD?? ANY ideas would be great ASAP!! (TIA) 
BTW....... I need a shimmery deep gold (as with pearl or luster dust) all over the cake, as you would see a fondant covered cake. I don't however, have an airbrush tool 
..are there any other alternatives?? THANKS!
mix yellow with a bit of brown or you have to air brush with gold luster dust mixed with vodka
I wish I was more experienced and could give you some advice! I would love to know if it is possible! Are you looking for a gold buttercream to ice the entire cake? If so, I'm clueless. If you could get by with just using gold accents, try the recipe on here for "Piping silver and gold", which uses luster dust. It's in my recipe box, but I haven't tried it yet. Good luck!
p.s. sorry need to explain here. You need to make the bc a very deep yellow first. A light pastel shade won't work but coloring it a deep shade will. Also the background shade of the yellow needs to be warm or orangish not greenish. That is very important.
I use egg yellow to start with... it's got more of a brownish tint to it (like egg yolk).
Thanks for the help everyone... what I'm needing is the luster dust..pearl dust gold ALL OVER the cake..basically what you can make fondant look like.only I need it that shimmery deep gold for buttercream So far, I'm not thinking that's possible (I don't have an airbrush)..can you substitute a tool to get the same effect? TIA 
EXCELLENT idea chaptlps! thank you!...would you brush it on dry or w/ vodka? still do a deep yellow or just a soft buttercup type yellow? 
Well I have found that for me buttercream is kinda hard to brush the dust onto. Perhaps someone has had success with it. But I have dipped my brush and tapped it over the buttercream and kinda of did a sprinkling of gold. Just don't have too terribly much on your brush or it'll kinda clump onto the cake. Good luck.
Thanks for the help everyone... what I'm needing is the .. gold ALL OVER the cake..basically what you can make fondant look like.only I need it that shimmery deep gold for buttercream
So far, I'm not thinking that's possible (I don't have an airbrush)..can you substitute a tool to get the same effect? TIA
Here is what I recommend you do and it is how I do it.
Yes, you can substitute an airbrush. Go to Home Depot and purchase a "Preval" sprayer out of the paint department for $3.98. Purchase Super Gold Luster Dust and either Lemon Extract or Vodka. Mix about 1 ounce of Vodka to 1 or 2 grams of your Dust in the jar that comes with the Preval sprayer. Swirl the mixture around good in the jar and spray the cake.
I have a Preval sprayer and I use it often and love it with a passion!
THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! you just gave me back about 7 hours of sleep tonight
Thanks for the help everyone... what I'm needing is the .. gold ALL OVER the cake..basically what you can make fondant look like.only I need it that shimmery deep gold for buttercream
So far, I'm not thinking that's possible (I don't have an airbrush)..can you substitute a tool to get the same effect? TIA Here is what I recommend you do and it is how I do it.
Yes, you can substitute an airbrush. Go to Home Depot and purchase a "Preval" sprayer out of the paint department for $3.98. Purchase Super Gold and either Lemon Extract or Vodka. Mix about 1 ounce of Vodka to 1 or 2 grams of your Dust in the jar that comes with the Preval sprayer. Swirl the mixture around good in the jar and spray the cake.
I have a Preval sprayer and I use it often and love it with a passion!
Teekakes you totally rock...this advice needs to be ALL OVER CC's website!! THANK YOU!! 
I'll let you know how it goes!
Here is what I recommend you do and it is how I do it.
Yes, you can substitute an airbrush. Go to Home Depot and purchase a "Preval" sprayer out of the paint department for $3.98. Purchase Super Gold and either Lemon Extract or Vodka. Mix about 1 ounce of Vodka to 1 or 2 grams of your Dust in the jar that comes with the Preval sprayer. Swirl the mixture around good in the jar and spray the cake.
I have a Preval sprayer and I use it often and love it with a passion!
OOOOOOOOO.....I wanna go to home depot now.....
You are all very welcome and I am glad I could help!
Sliceofheaven, please do let me know how it goes and if you have any questions please feel free to pm me if you want to. You are going to love the Preval..........afterall, Duff uses it so is has to be good!
Looking forward to seeing pics of your cake.
Thanks for the info on the Preval spayer !! I so love this board for all the information, advice and inspiration!
Sliceofheaven--can't wait to see the pics of the final results
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