Hi everyone,
I have a wedding cake for October 2015 that requires numerous different sized sugar pearls (ranging from 2mm-5mm sized pearls) to border the base of each tier. I have posted a link as an example of what I would like it to look like. Does anyone have any suggestions for quick and easy application?
Help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
http://ericaobrien.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/gold-sprinkle-cake.jpg
That is just a mix of gold dragees. You can find them on GSA or other cake supply stores.
http://www.globalsugarart.com/search.php?q=dragees+gold
To get that look, I don't think there is another option from putting them on one by one. If it doesn't need to look exact; you could place the chilled cake on a large plate and grab a hand full of mixed dragees and do it that way..I've never tired this methoid with dragees, but it might work. Otherwise, it's one at a time sorry!
I am in the same boat. I have to do a boarder on a wedding cake that's actually wider than yours. I will be applying it to buttercream. wondering if I tried to pick them up with clear tape, would they transfer easily to the side of the cake when I touch the icing. I'm gonna try it soon and will let you know if it worked. praying we don't have to do the one by one method!!!
How far in advance can sugar pearls be made before they lose their pliability? I've got a large wedding cake in three weeks and wanted to go ahead and get the strings made. I've heard if you add fondant to gum paste they won't dry out as quickly.
They definately look like the dragees, I couldn't imagine getting the balls so small in fondant. I think it will take a while to put them on but will be well worth the effect when it is finished. Maybe the really small ones you could put on a teaspoon and tip them on around the bottom of the cake?
The best method would be to use the royal icing around the bottom, mix up all the sizes of dragees, and press them into the royal icing just like you would putting nuts, etc on a cake ( for me that is by the hand full, pressing in.) If you are using fondant and unable to get a color that will match it in royal icing, you can try making a paste of your colored fondant and using that to secure them on. Just add a tiny bit of water to a lump of fondant and mix it up, keep adding tiny amounts of water until you get a spreadable paste.
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