http://www.frostingwithflair.com/html/cakes/html/multi/html/fire_and_gold.html
the metallic one...to me it doesnt look gold...i want to buy this color but need to know the name in order to do it. thank you!
Gosh, the only thing I can think of doing to make it THAT shiny is if you can do a silver leaf like. I know on Indian treats (i used to be married to an Indian man) they put silver leafing on the tops of a certain type of cookie. I haven't seen a luster dust get that kind ofsheen to it.l
i old gold, nu silver, super pearl and bronze all the time. none of them seem to be a match for what i see in the picture. at first i thought it was a gold just muted by the flash, but one of the pics is very clear and so i thought ok, maybe BRONZE. i checked my supplies, and nope it doesnt match (although what i have is golden bronze-its the only bronze i've ever seen when buying supplies.)
i am pretty sure it is luster dust. maybe a mix of bronze and silver? it just seems more calm than regular metals. almost a tarnished look.
hmmmmm
here is a link to aztec gold. it still looks more yellow, but i see what you are saying about the more muted look. kinda rustic, and tarnished.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=aztec+gold+luster
well, i've ordered some, so we'll see.
When Carleen made that cake I suggested mixing old gold with super pearl luster dust, then thinning with Everclear or vodka for painting. I think that is what you see on the gold scrollwork in the photo. It makes a beautiful shiny gold, same for silver if you mix nu silver with super pearl. I got that tip from a customer service person at Creative Cutters in Canada.
p.s. You can order it here: http://www.doitwithicing.com/productDetail.asp?id=1338
It really is that shiny. There was no distortion from the flash. It's pretty cool stuff.
Actually, this is 24 karat gold dust mixed with lemon extract. I went through about 3 jars of the dust to paint this whole cake.
~Carleen
or don't email & just wait for the answer
that's super cool for u to just answer the question
&&&&&&&&&&&&&& THANKS TO SHIRLEY ALSO
mia9001, your cake is B-E-A-UTIFUL!!!! thank you so much for answering my need. I appreciate it ever so much! I am making a pillow cake with Indian tribal textile fabric, with mirrors and trinkets...I needed a tarnished silver/gold look. This is PERFECT. thank you!
thanks shirley and flourgrl for your help and inquiry for me!
you guys rock!!!
another question, while i've got a PRO 
reading my thread....
did you paint the colors on too? my guess is that you started with white fondant then used either gel or petal dusts with extract.
i can t decide if i should color my patches of fondnant or just paint the patches on. i did a test with gel and vodka and it seemed tacky to the touch even after it "dried". thought of petal dusts, and wondered if they would be streaky. i know its probably more work to make several colors of fondant and cut out pieces to "quilt" them together on the cake, but i just cant decide on which method to use. any suggestions?
For this cake, I really needed deep, bright colors, so I painted the white fondant with food coloring - not gels or paste, just regular ol' food coloring. I got it in larger bottles. I used a new makeup sponge to swirl the colors on so they wouldn't be streaky. If you're doing lighter colors, you can mix petal or luster dusts with lemon extract and use a paintbrush to apply them.
If you don't have these books, you should pick them up the next time you get a chance: Cakes to Dream On by Colette Peters, and Cakewalk by Margaret Braun. Both books contain excellent techniques for painting on fondant!
Let me know if you have any other questions!
For this cake, I really needed deep, bright colors, so I painted the white fondant with food coloring - not gels or paste, just regular ol' food coloring. I got it in larger bottles. I used a new makeup sponge to swirl the colors on so they wouldn't be streaky. If you're doing lighter colors, you can mix petal or luster dusts with lemon extract and use a paintbrush to apply them.
If you don't have these books, you should pick them up the next time you get a chance: by , and Cakewalk by Margaret Braun. Both books contain excellent techniques for painting on fondant!
Let me know if you have any other questions!
ok, so just straight food coloring? no extract or alcohol? i'll have to give it a try. did you get any feedback on whether people had red teeth for a week? or was it no biggie?
i am actually waiting for cakes to dream on to arrive in the mail. i am dying to get maragarets book...considering making it my next purchase. thanks again.
i reckon it's probably gold and the photo/flash has distorted the colour a little bit... what you think?? is there a bronze metallic??? to make it shiny she might have painted it with the edible varnish (or whatever it is they call that stuff!)
It's called confectioner's glaze
or confectionary glaze
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