How Do I Color Fondant Silver?

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calvarykari Posted 10 Dec 2006 , 11:29pm
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I want to make silver fondant accents for a cake due this Friday but I don't know how to achieve the color. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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melysa Posted 10 Dec 2006 , 11:44pm
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grey....using a bit of black gel color, then dry dust with super pearl luster dust.

or...white fondant painted with silver luster dust mixed with a flavoring extract high in alcohol, vodka or everclear. this method will use far more dust.

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ShirleyW Posted 10 Dec 2006 , 11:46pm
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Kari, do you have Luster Dusts? If you mix super pearl with nu silver and thin with Everclear alchohol, vodka or lemon extract and paint the fondant accents with a small artists paint brush they will be a bright shiny silver.

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calvarykari Posted 10 Dec 2006 , 11:49pm
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I have some luster dust and the store is just 3 miles from my house, so I can get exactly what I need. Thanks so much for the suggestions!

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SpudCake Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 12:27am
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I made silver buttercream on my last cake (basketball cake in my photos). I used equal amounts of navy blue and black. I actually used one drop of each for my coloring. I got that combination from an icing color chart.

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calvarykari Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 2:01am
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I saw the picture, great color. What color chart did you find this on?
Thanks!

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mrsw Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 3:28am
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Oh I would love to know where to find that color chart too!
Rebecca

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SpudCake Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 4:23am
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I got it at Cake Camp in September. It is a Chefmaster color wheel (I used Wilton and Americolor). Here is a link to it...

bkcompany.com

Click on the Chefmaster logo, then food color facts and it will take you to a page that you can click on the color wheel.

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Zmama Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 7:50am
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Originally Posted by SpudCake

I got it at Cake Camp in September. It is a Chefmaster color wheel (I used Wilton and Americolor). Here is a link to it...

bkcompany.com

Click on the Chefmaster logo, then food color facts and it will take you to a page that you can click on the color wheel.

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correct link

http://www.bkcompany.com/

And thank you for this!

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calvarykari Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 3:12pm
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Well I got an excellent silver but completly by accident. The silver I tried to get I used pale blue fondant and painted with silver and super pearl luster dust. This was okay but not quite. I wanted to give the black bow a sheen and started to paint with super pearl and came out with a perfect silver. Now I have to remake the black bow but any suggestions to get a sheen on this without getting silver again.
Thanks!

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cakesbykellie Posted 11 Dec 2006 , 3:17pm
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i just did silver fondant last week for a cake bow..... start with one drop each (or less!) black and blue..... i then brushed on silver shimmer to give it sparkle. icon_smile.gif

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