Firstly, sorry for the blown up image. I have no idea why it is so large. Now to the point. I am making a small two tiered cutting cake as a wedding gift. The bottom tier will be faux and the bride wants it to look like the metallic tier in this photo. I am good on the texture. I am comfortable making fondant metallic but not sure the best way to approach buttercream. Ideally I need to figure out how to do it without the use of an airbrush. My airbrush gun is broken, and since I don't use it all that often I don't want to replace it just for this. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I know of three other options you could do. You can hand paint it with dust mixed with grain alcohol (or thinner of your choice, I use vodka). You can buy food color sprays (like spray paint, but edible) - Wilton's spray colors are readily available at Walmart and craft stores (Michael's, Joann Fabric, etc). There are other brands that can be ordered, I just know Wilton is stocked at certain stores. The third option would be silver leaf - like gold leaf, but obviously silver. These can be finicky little suckers, so allow time to apply. I think the silver leaf would be the most metallic?? But the sprays are effective and cheaper. If I didn't have my airbrush, I would opt for the spray.
Painting it on is what I do with fondant, but I don't think that will work with buttercream. Has anyone tried? And has anyone successfully used one of the pre-packaged metallic sprays and can recommend a particular product?
Since it's a fake tier, I wonder if you could just use regular ol' spray paint and then safely seal it in....Evil Cake Genius (.com) has a sealer, so you could safely stack your cakes then. Just thinking out loud :) Not sure if that would work...I know some use spackle for dummies for pictures, but that is just pictures - not stacking edible cake on top....
If the metalic tier is the dummy, you could use royal icing, which would harden enough to work. You could dry brush silver dust or paint it on mixed with alcohol. I've never used Wilton's silver spray, but I have used the gold a bunch of times and it works well.
Using different types of icing for each tier may not give a cohesive look. Yes one can paint on b'cream using a crusting b;'cream and soft brush w/a light touch and several coats. Try this recipe: https://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/22469/2-icing
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