I was watching a cake show on tv and saw fondant being steamed to create an extra shiny look? How can I do this? What type of steamer do I use? What other effects will steaming the fondant create? What are the risks? Thanks.

I think the only thing it does is make the fondant really shiny. I would think you would just want to be careful because you might not want to steam all of the fondant.

Steamers are very hot, you can get burned.

I think the one on Buddy's show is just a steamer for clothing. (I used to be a district manager for a women's clothing company) and it looks exactly like the ones that we used.

I've used a regular iron to steam fondant/gum paste flowers and leaves. Just hold the item up to the iron when the steam is coming out and it will start to turn shiney after about 10 seconds or so. Be careful of the steam though!
KimAZ

That's cool Kim! Good to know!

Thanks!!!

why do you steam?

I saw the cake boss steam a purse cake to get that really shiny leathery look. It was awesome.

I put luster dust on the petals or leaves and when you steam them, it becomes very shiney and just looks pretty. No other reason really.

KimAZ

ok sounds pretty ! thanks