I have played around with this a little in class. It works just like the pearl/luster dusts that other companies make.
Yes I used the silver pearl dust for both the sign on the cars cake in my photos and the ladders and button accents on the fire truck cake I did (also in my pics). I used it dry on the chocolate melt ladders & cars sign and mixed with a touch of vanilla on the buttons/wheels.
I used the Wilton's yellow pearl dust this past weekend. I mixed it with Everclear grain alcohol.
It worked OK, but I honestly felt it didn't mix as well as other dusts that I have. It seemed to stay grainier and there were a few odd larger dots of an orange color that just wouldn't get smaller and mix at all.
I think I'd have been pretty unhappy had I needed to cover a large surface neatly and evenly.
I bought all of the colors except the silver, so I'll keep them and use them for accents or dry dusting only.
JMHO
Rae
I have a dilemma. I need to use a pearl/luster dust on buttercream icing, BUT I have a restriction that I cannot add any kind of alcohol to it (which would include vodka, extracts, etc.).
Can anyone recommend how to do this?
Can I brush pearl/luster dust on buttercream dry???
Thanks
I have a dilemma. I need to use a pearl/ on buttercream icing, BUT I have a restriction that I cannot add any kind of alcohol to it (which would include vodka, extracts, etc.).
Can anyone recommend how to do this?
Can I brush pearl/ on buttercream dry???
Thanks
You sure can if it is a crusting buttercream! Most use a new, big, soft blush brush(me included) to put it on dry=) Jen
Why the restriction? The alchohol all evaporates away doesn't it? That's the whole reason it is used. Are you sure you can't even use a lemon extract or clear vanilla? You won't get the same brilliance in color and shimmer from a dry dusting that you get from mixing it with alcohol and painting.
i used the silver on my tool box cake. i dipped the brush in vanilla then into the dust then painted it came out a little thicker this way and i only had to do two coats
I have used the Wilton pink and I also found some rather large lumps of something in it. I mixed it with Everclear and it worked okay but I like the quality of other brands better.
The Everclear does evaporate. If you put some on a saucer and leave it out for a little while, it will completely be gone.
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