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 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
I forgot about that! I think I read about that in another thread. Thanks for reminding me! 
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