I'm making a cake for a good friend of mine in a few weeks. I wanted to add some gold details. I've use Airbrush gold mixed with gold and pearl dusts and I'm still not satisfied with the look.
I'm aiming for a real looking gold finish (maybe lighter). I wanted to use edible gold but I have no clue on where to find it. Can edible gold dust be dilluted and get a consistency of paint? Can I mix edible gold dusts with pearl dusts? What else can I use?
try pastrychef.com
http://www.pastrychef.com/search.asp?keyword=gold
There's another option too in Nic Lodge's book for a very convincing gold look.
combine:
2 teaspoons 10X sugar
2 teaspoons gold luster dust
Add:
drops of clear alcohol (gin or vodka or lemon extract)
to make a paste
then add:
1 teaspoon piping gel
a little at a time to reach piping consistency
It really looks like gold piping.
Other golden thoughts for you
But actually that stuff would be classified non-toxic not edible either.
This is very gold http://www . shopbakersnook . com/ Take out the spaces and search for gold glaze
Try the goldleafcompany.com I have used 23K dust in the past. Looks great on chocolate. I dry brush the powder with a natural bristle brush. A little goes a long way. The leaf covers quite well. Don't like the silver as much. Always looks dirty.
Try the goldleafcompany.com I have used 23K dust in the past. Looks great on chocolate. I dry brush the powder with a natural bristle brush. A little goes a long way. The leaf covers quite well. Don't like the silver as much. Always looks dirty.
Their gold leaf are so cheap! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for all the info. I'll be checking all them out after I post my reply. I'll also be trying the mixture suggested.
Kate, why is it non edible? Isn't piping gel, sugar and luster dusts (FDA approved) edible ? Or it won't be once it is combined?
Luster dusts are non-toxic--the Wilton ones that kind suck are food safe. They probably suck not because they are Wilton but because they are food safe.
Check on any of your containers it says non-toxic on mine.
Like we should not be eating crayons but it's not gonna kill us-that type of non-toxic. So crayons are not exactly edible though.
But I think there is a line of good dusts that are edible--someone smart will chime in here on that--it's a new line of dusts.
Yep sure would. Cool.
Hope the Crystal brand works as well in that formula as it does with the non-toxic stuff. The recipe was written before the Crystal stuff came out--the devil is in the details huh.
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