What Is The Easiet Way To Make Pearl Beads?
Decorating By jayla Updated 6 Aug 2007 , 9:50pm by maggie_14
I have seen many beautiful cakes with pearls on this website. What is the easiest way to make pearls. I saw the beadmaker and using tips to cut out fondant. I wondered what is everyone else using.
Are the dragees edible or do you remove them before eating cake? The seem to be very hard.
Also, How do you make the diagonal impressions on the cake? Are mats easier or should I use blocks?
Thanks for you help in advance
Jayla
make your own instructions (easy too)
http://www.earlenescakes.com/prlinstruct.htm
if u don't need them to b individually cut, try out a CK pearl maker.....my local craft store sells them or just google them and u can find lots of supply stores that sell them online......they make a string of pearls about 6-8" long.....they stay connected by a seam in the back and work really well.....check out the ivory draped cake in my photos, it has pearls around all the borders that i made with a CK pearl maker
there's lots of threads here about the dragees.....i think it's only the metallic ones that are for decoration only.....some states have strict laws about these, but i think realistically, u'd have to eat pounds of them for them to hurt u
impression mats are the easiest way to go......the more flexible, the better.......again, most cake decorating supply stores sell them
you can make your own or use a mold. when doing pearls out of fondant i usually sculpt my own, the imperfections make them more realistic 
. as for dragees yes they are edible, it's sugar that has a hard candy coating. whenever i use them i am always eating them, which isn't the smartest thing...once i ate my last dragee w/o noticing and i wasn't done decorating the cake so i had to book it to th nearest cake store. i know i know it a horrid habbit but i like the cracking noice it makes, have always even as a kid i'd bite the jawbreaker before it was small enough to do so. 
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