okay, so this may be a crazy question, but since I am still learning, I'll never know til I ask...... When I luster dust an entire cake, how do I keep it from looking splotchy? I love to use this stuff and if just seems if I am using it over a large area, it just gets all splotcy and looks like crap when I am through. Please Help!!!!

Thanks!

Hi, Try using the luster sprays (the ones from PME are really good and coat the cake well. The bottle below works well: http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&productId=632458

Dry brush it on. If it's blotchy either you are mixing it w/alcohol of somekind and it's too thin or your icing is wet somehow.

Thanks to both of you!!! I do dry brush it on, but sometimes it seems like I may have a bit more in one spot than another and my icing could be kind of moist or something..... I appreciate the responses!!!

I'm a newbie as well and the luster dust seems cool. I would like to try it on the grand daughters cake. Can it be used with fondant? Prob a dumb question

No question is a dumb question!!! How you gonna know if you don't ask?? I probably ask some crazy ones on here! LOL....Anyway, yes, you can use it on fondant or crusting buttercream. I have never used on the buttercream, but I have read on here that you can. I use on fondant ALL of the time. I love that stuff!!!!

thanks kristen. I appreciate it. I just hope my very first cake turns out ok. LOL. By any chance would you mind explaining crumb coating to me. I keep seeing it referred to on here but I dont know what it is. I asked in a different forum but no response yet.

Crumb coating is your first layer of icing you put on thin to ''lock in the crumbs'', then let it crust a little. After that you go back and icing the cake, no crumbs come through.

Think of the crumb coat as a peticoat under a dress, it's a thin layer of frosting, (not meant to be pretty) that you spread over the cake to catch the crumbs, and even out any flaws or cracks or gaping holes.

thanks so much. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply. I'm still learning the website and I couldnt find any replies. LOL. I thought I didnt get any responses. Ooops. Sorry. But thanks. I'm working on it now. Wish me luck!!!