Here is my finished cake. carleen, thank you so much for your help and inspiration...I ended up painting with food coloring on a mix of chocolate and vanilla fondant, then spraying with super pearl dust. the spray really evened the little streaks from painting. I changed the design from my original idea because I was having a hard time with the patches...so now that I look at our photos, it seems like I took too much inspiration from yours, however, theres no competition, yours is totally gorgeous. I wish that I would have used a smaller round tip for the swirls....Its a bit sloppy (2 am 
)however, my friend loved it and I am somewhat pleased that I was able to do it freehand rather than with a stencil. Another learning experiece! Thanks again!
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Thank you for updating me! I just bought some 24 karat gold non-toxic dust from Geraldine Randlesome (www.creativecutters.com) for $7.95 a pot at the MD Cake show a few weeks ago. I ordered some more online from her site. It's the cheapest price I've found so far.
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