you don't have to use everclear...which is vodka! you can use vanilla or lemon concentrate...basically these things are used so that they can evaporate and just leave the luster dust there....I am not sure how well luster dust can be used on bc...I've never tried it!
Everclear is not vodka! Everclear is 95% alcohol per volume, vodka is 40%. It evaporates much quicker. Everclear is a grain alcohol and isbetter for 'washing' fondant and adhearing it, vodka is better for painting.
In my pictures I have a 4 tier gold looking cake with roses on it. It's all buttercream. I let it crust really good and used a big fan brush and swished it around (that's the technical term) and then dabbed it off a bit and lightly brushed the cake.
technically, it isn't the same thing as vodka...vodka contains additives aka impurities essential to its process whereas Everclear aka Golden Grain(in its' highest 190 proof...available in some states) also available as a 151 proof still higher than most vodkas which are around 80 proof...does not.
the higher the proof, the more rapid evaporation which is what is preferable when doing one step painting (as opposed to multi-step...for instance, dragging colors for shaded effects) on sugar work.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-39034-paint.html+buttercream
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-fsearch-results.html
Ha! And I thought everclear was some sort of vanilla flavoring or something! Well, I will not be making a trip to the "party shop", so I guess I will use vanilla flavoring. I guess I should use clear imitation vanilla?
I hope this will work on buttercream. I am not doing the whole cake, just the piped decorations. The ribbon around the cake is sort of irredesecnt(sp?) and she would like the brown piping to shimmer a bit.
Anyway, thank you ladies! I can't wait to try this!
technically, it isn't the same thing as vodka...vodka contains additives aka impurities essential to its process whereas Everclear aka Golden Grain(in its' highest 190 proof...available in some states) also available as a 151 proof still higher than most vodkas which are around 80 proof...does not.
the higher the proof, the more rapid evaporation which is what is preferable when doing one step painting (as opposed to multi-step...for instance, dragging colors for shaded effects) on sugar work.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-39034-paint.html+buttercream
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-fsearch-results.html
Thanks for the forum link, it helped!
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