Hi! I would like to know if there's a way that I can make a gold sequence cake without using fondant? Would I be able to get the sequence to attach to the buttercream and use the gold luster dust to paint it?
I've done a gold sequin buttercream cake, and it worked really well. I used a crusting buttercream and just brushed it with a super thin layer of piping gel to make the sequins stick. Of course, I'm sure you could also just press them in to the buttercream before it crusts over. I don't have an airbrush, so I found it easier to color my sequins gold before putting them on the cake.
@kryptonite Hi! Thanks for the response. How did you color them gold before adding them?
Are you asking if you can ice the cake in b'cream and not fondant? Yes it is possible. Here's a gret recipe you could use: https://www.cakecentral.com/recipe/22469/2-icing Use the crusting details at the end of the recipe. Make the 'sequins' from very thinnly rolled fondant, cut w/the small end of a small round tip (like a #2,#3 or #4) & dry them on a thick pad of paper toweling. Then as the other poster said, put them into a baggie w/gold dust OR paint them w/gold piping gel.
Or did you want to know how to make sequins w/o making them out of fondant? For that the only thing I can think of is to pipe gold piping gel dots.
@kakeladi Thanks for the response! I have been watching a few tutorials and I see a lot of people painting the colorful sequin gold after applying them to the cake, but I wasn't sure if I could do that using buttercream.
I mixed up a "paint" from gold luster dust and Everclear in a Tupperware container. Then I added my sprinkles, put on the lid, and gave them a good shake. If I felt like they needed a bit more coverage, I just added a little more luster dust and shook it up again. Then I spread them out on a piece of parchment for a couple minutes to dry. It took me less than 5 minutes to color 3 tiers worth of sequins this way :) Let me know if you have any questions!
I mixed up a "paint" from gold luster dust and Everclear in a Tupperware container. Then I added my sprinkles, put on the lid, and gave them a good shake. If I felt like they needed a bit more coverage, I just added a little more luster dust and shook it up again. Then I spread them out on a piece of parchment for a couple minutes to dry. It took me less than 5 minutes to color 3 tiers worth of sequins this way :) Let me know if you have any questions!
I mixed up a "paint" from gold luster dust and Everclear in a Tupperware
container. Then I added my sprinkles, put on the lid, and gave them a
good shake. If I felt like they needed a bit more coverage, I just added
a little more luster dust and shook it up again. Then I spread them out
on a piece of parchment for a couple minutes to dry. It took me less
than 5 minutes to color 3 tiers worth of sequins this way :) Let me know
if you have any questions!
Ok great! Thanks for your help! I will do it this way!
You can buy pre-made gold sequins. Wilton makes them.
You can also buy edible gold spray--Wilton makes that too, but I prefer the ChefMaster brand or PME. It takes several coats to get it right, as they soak up the spray. Let them dry between coats.
You can pre-paint them, but it's easier to do it after they're on the cake. http://thecakeblog.com/gold-sequin-cake-tutorial
If you make your own paint, it needs to be done using a truly edible luster dust. If a dust is described as non-toxic, or for decorative use only, it is NOT EDIBLE. An edible dust will have an ingredients list and cite FDA certified colors as having been used. Roxy & Rich makes a hybrid sparkle dust that works really well.
https://www.roxyandrich.com/food-coloring/hybrid-sparkle-dust
Have you ever painted the crusted buttercream gold before?
I agree that Wilton makes them now. You can save yourself time by just buying them already gold.
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