hey guys,
i have some piping to do ,cornelli lace, i need it to be metallic gold, is there any way i could get the royal icing metallic gold before piping?

I have never found one, just the old fashioned paint it afterwards, will keep my eyes on the thread to see if anyone has any ideas.

There is a way!!!
I just don't know it
BUT: www.craftsy.com has cake decorating tutorials out now.... and there is one now available all about modern piping, and it teaches you how to pipe METALC!

I don't have the tute yet, just Marina Souza's... and gotta say: I love it!
Tasha

Try piping gel mixed with lustre dust. If the gel gets too thick, you can thin it down with some vodka or decorators alcohol. Works fantastic....

There is a new product called - Pipe Don't Paint - its essentially a gel type of product that you add gold lustre dust too and then pipe with it - it shrinks a little

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.355574987820941.85601.323404174371356&type=1

You could try a very small portion of royal icing with the edible dust mixed in. Keep your icing on the soft side when you are adding the sugar to the egg white, because the dust will dry it a little, but you need soft icing anyway for piping. Mix in as much dust as you think, and then a little more.

This "pipe don't paint" stuff will not look as shiny as a really heavy painting job, you should have a dry sample to show customers so that they are aware that your piped gold will not look like 24karat metal...

Thanks fort asking--the links that come out of questions are good for us all to look at and learn from.