Roses and Gold so Fabulous!

This is a cake I made for a lovely ladie’s 50th this weekend.

I have to say my lovely client wanted to pick up the cake and did so with both tiers packed safety seperated for the journey.

Bless her she missed my instructions to have the bottom tier placed with the roses to the right. There is not supposed to be so many roses on the left, but she was happy so that’s the main thing!

She wanted a gold drip cake with rose adornments, to match her theme of golf decadence.

I recently posted about gold dust and what you can and can’t use on cakes that are to be eaten. (yes I know! Are all cakes not for eating? The answer is no many are for decorating competitions!)

For this I of course used edible gold dust, and it is not quite as workable as the non toxic variety! So if your giving it a go do bear with it, it works beautifully with a bit of patience.

It does indeed shine and glint as gold should!

Shimmer Dust Non Toxic vs Edible.

I love a touch of glitter and glamour, especially on a cake so when I was asked to do a gold drip cake I was super excited. I have previously used lots of edible glitter with great effect but not done a full gold shimmer!

Now there are many shimmer powders out there in alsorts of wonderful colours including metallic’s some are fine to be consumed and others although maybe non toxic are not advised to be eaten.

So its always best to double check the label and check that it states edible, there are plently out there on the market that are non toxic and can be used for the same purpose but shouldn’t be consumed!

I found this lovely one online at XXX and it worked a treat, it was easy to mix and apply and the finish was lovely and it is edible. So you can shimmer your whole cake if you like and then have your cake too!