HI, I've been asked to make a firework cake for my mom and fireworks are very 'sparkly'. I think I will be piping colored 'fireworks' on the side of the cake and I'm wondering if there is a way to get the piping to 'sparkle'.   Can I add the sparkle dust to the icing or would I have to hand paint it all on?

Thanks!

I find that, when mixed with the icing, the dusts loose their sparkle.  If I were doing it, I would pipe the details, wait for the icing to crush, then paint with a mixture of luster dusts and vodka.

Was afraid of that! :)  thanks for your reply!

Sorry weluvpiggies.  Best of luck to you.

I just caught a glimpse of someone in UK doing a fireworks cake & she piped w/glow-in-dark icing   That’s all I know about it   

If you add gum of arabic  to the royal it will shine —

I piped pate a choux batter aka cream puff dough — into starburst shapes and after baking covered them with colored sugar — inserted a skewer into them so they ‘exploded’ over the cake for a lady with a birthday on July 4th

K8memphis, that sounds cool, but I'm having a hard time picturing what you're describing, can you attach a picture? thx!

there is a picture somewhere but it’s several computers ago...

What a treat, -K8memphis, a cake and pate a choux!  I suppose you could do the same thing with cookies?

pate a choux is of course whisper light so cookies would work but the other is better —

also makes great lettering — you can insert toothpicks and stand the letters up into the cake