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Piping silver and gold

good36
By: good36
Posted 08/31/09 • Last updated 09/27/05 • 772 views • 14 comments

Posted by good36

saw a few posts asking how to make gold and silver for piping.....found this recipe and thought I would share it:

Piping silver and gold

Ingredients

  • 2 ts. Powdered sugar 2 ts. gold silver or metallic dusting powder clear alcohol 1 ts. piping gel

Instructions

  1. On a small ceramic plae, mix sugar and dusting powder. Add a few drops of clear alcohol (gin or vodka is suggested) and mix with a small palette knife to create a stiff paste
  2. Add the piping gel, a little at a time, mixing well until the consistency for piing in reached. Use a very small piping bag and tip as needed. The leftovers can be put into a small container and stored in the refrigerator. It will keep indefinitely

Comments (14)

Enilajar 3/25/10 at 11:38am
How much alcohol?
tmac670 5/16/10 at 7:28am
Add a few drops of clear alcohol - to create a stiff paste Brilliant idea!!
AudreysCakes 5/30/10 at 1:43pm
Do I have to use piping gel or can I use tint color such as the one's i use for coloring my fondant? I need this for a hand bags accessories. Any help will be great as I'm try to create a LV handbag cake.
tess7591 7/30/10 at 6:32pm
Is this edible or do you need to scrape this off before serving the cake?
tess7591 7/30/10 at 6:33pm
please let me know via email teresa.burns43@yahoo.com
Jknight106 8/16/10 at 5:13am
I would also like to know if this is edible.
ApplePomme 9/14/10 at 10:00pm
Well, the dust is edible so I'd guess it's still edible once made into this paste, too.
sami_gail 10/11/10 at 12:25pm
Does it matter what kind of clear alcohol?
EdieP 2/5/11 at 3:46pm
we are Christian bakers who do not believe in consumption of alcohol..so what could we use in place of alcohol
mykidsmommy 2/18/11 at 9:03am
You can use Lemon Extract or clear vanilla or almond extract in place of the alcohol. Any flavings that have a high alcohol content.
KKakes9194 6/13/11 at 7:11pm
The alcohol evaporates within minutes also so there is not a worry of "consumption". It leaves it without an extra taste too, lemon juice can sometimes be too much flavor.
Chloezee 1/1/12 at 1:46am
Obviously the ordinary gold dust we buy is not real gold?? Where does one buy the real thing to paint with on celebration cake? And what about the Silver. The dusts I have here, really resembles real gold and it's edible, but but but....? Would love a reply Cheers everybody
Pearl645 6/2/12 at 9:32pm
This worked REALLY well! WOOWWW Thank you so much for posting. I used it on a cake with gold piping and it was amazing. Hope everyone gives this a shot! This is way better than mixing dust with vodka and painting on. This is how you get rich colour!! Lovee it
momsgoodies 8/1/12 at 6:16am
Chloezee: I am not sure if the next post to yours is from you. If so, can you e-mail me a photo, if available, of the cake you made with the gold piping? Thank you,
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