I have never used any dusts before. My next cake will be a Harley themed cake for my son's 40th. I am undecided on how to do the flames. Thinking of using red, orange and yellow fondant/gumpaste. Or painting red and orange on yellow fondant/gumpaste, or maybe just painting the flames directly on the fondant.

But anyway, am I needing petal dust for this? And is the stuff edible? I was looking at some from a certain blocked website and the stuff was like a gazillion dollars!! Global Sugar Art has 4 grams for just a few bucks.

Is this brand ok? How much dust is 4 grams? Sounds tiny.

It's a teaspoon.

Thanks for that information. Is that enough to paint with? Again, sounds so tiny.

Depends, when you are using it on a cake never enough, when you spill, man is it a lot.

Point taken! The something I want to paint is dimensional, not flat, fondant/gumpaste flames to surround a 12 inch tier. So it would be quite a bit of real estate to cover. I'll get a couple of jars of each color just to be safe. I'm also going to try painting the flames with thinned gel colors. And I'll try mixing colored fondants.

I'm not in business, just a wannabe, so I don't get to try everything I'd like. Every cake I make for us or for family is a learning experience by design. I make sure I try at least two or three new things each cake. I need the experience, and it usually means I get a new toy or two!

Thanks!