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Re: metallic coloring

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Posted by anna n on April 22, 2009 at 11:50:08:

In Reply to: metallic coloring posted by Chris on April 20, 2009 at 11:20:25:

I use a crusting buttercream and let it dry for several hours. Then mix your metallic dust with vodka and hand paint it onto the buttercream (or fondant). The alcohol in the vodka causes it to dry quickly and not get the buttercream too wet, and by the time it dries, you can't taste the vodka. I've done several cakes this way, and it works really well.

: How do you get fondant or regular buttercream to have silver metallic coloring? Do you have to paint it on with something or just mix in some kind of special product? I tried tinting fondant grey and then I painted with a silver luster dust/lemon juice mixture but it didn't work at all.

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: I use a crusting buttercream and let it dry for several hours.  Then mix your metallic dust with vodka and hand paint it onto the buttercream (or fondant).  The alcohol in the vodka causes it to dry quickly and not get the buttercream too wet, and by the time it dries, you can't taste the vodka.  I've done several cakes this way, and it works really well.   

: How do you get fondant or regular buttercream to have silver metallic coloring?  Do you have to paint it on with something or just mix in some kind of special product?  I tried tinting fondant grey and then I painted with a silver luster dust/lemon juice mixture but it didn't work at all.  



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