I bought some gold dragees. I would like to use them to decorate a cake that I will be putting together tomorrow(nothing like waiting until the last min). What is the best way to "glue" them onto the cake?

A little BC or RI will do.

or a little touch of piping gel.. or sugar glue..etc..

You could use some chocolate too...it hardens quickly.

If you make a tiny hole/dent in the fondant with frilling tool, then push the dragee in, you hardly need to use any glue. I use Tylose-based glue which dries clear

I have this lil miniature machine gun that you load the dragees into and shoot away!!!

If it isn't working I use RI

I too make a tiny indent and then just use a little dab of water in the hole I've made...not too much, or the colour comes off the dragee...

1. Use either water or buttercream for mine.

2. A cool thing to use to help make it easier on placing the dragee-i purchased the pixo (children's toy) pen, it holds several and you just press a little button on the side and it'l pop right out, no more slips of the fingers for me. Hehe.

Hope I helped.

it depends on the look I want. If I don't want anything but the dragee to show, I use either a Tylose or meringue powder based glue. If I think it's appropriate to the design to have a little glue showing, I use a teensy dot of royal icing.

The royal icing is easier as the dragees will instantly stay where you put them. And this often looks nice on a more voluptuous cake.

The tylose/meringue glue gives you a cleaner look for more formal/elegant look, but sometimes, particularly if the fondant is dry, you have to hold it, or gently rub it into place to get it to stick. Rubbing it allows the glue to dissolve the fondant surface a bit, so you get a good bond. It's like Kerry Vincent says re sticking things on fondant(QFM) "wet on wet is easy, wet on dry is okay, dry on dry is trouble."

use a little piping gel. I have done that before and has worked well.

I usually like clear piping gel, but I like the chocolate idea.

Jen

I like to lick mine first. Gives it that personal touch!!!!

mommyle....OMG LOL!!!!

I use a damp paintbrush (dampened with water) and just tap where I want the dragee to go. Then push the dragee into the dampened spot.

I pipe a dot of piping gel where I need the dragee to go and put the dragee on the piping get dot with tweezers. You won't have to hold it there for long. Just put the dragee on and go. It sticks pretty quick and never comes off.

Here's a link to the pixo pen http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=pixo+pen&tag=googhydr-20&index=toys-and-games&hvadid=4196573717&ref=pd_sl_52vl3e8x62_e

WOW that is so cool.

The last time I had to put dragees on a cake half of them ended up on the floor because they kept shooting out from the end of the teezers.