The other day I found a post that said how to make fondant shiny but I can't find it again. I've tried the search feature and digging through several pages of the forums to no avail. So I'm sorry if this is a repeat question, but can anyone tell me how to make fondant shiny?

The only tip I remember from the post I had read before was to use Pam spray but I'm not sure I want to do that. I just came across a recipe for Quick-Pour Fondant Icing and thought that might be an idea but I've never used it and am not sure if it is only good for small items such as petit fours.

I made the wine bottle out of RKT. My original thought is to cover that in ganache and then a layer of MMF. So now I'm just missing how to make that shiny. Any tips will be appreciated. Thank you so much!

I just posted some pictures of a wine bottle cake I did last year... I just repainted it with thinned green food coloring which left it somewhat shiny, but more realistic than reflective. It'll depend on what look you're going for... you can also brush on piping gel, but that might make it sticky in the end.

Good luck!

Paint it with gel color thinned with vodka. The gel color will make it shine but adding vodka will help it dry.

You can use confectioner's glaze when you want a glassy shine, but it stinks so much that I can't bring myself to use it on anything edible, even though the smell goes away as it dries.

Also 50/50 Vodka and corn syrup will make it shiny. Use a good quality artist brush to brush on. Makes very shiny

I have seen people use a clothes steamer on the fondant to make it shiny. Have not tried this myself.

this might be the thread you saw before, I was just looking at it a minute ago:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-658232.html

You can use Rolled Fondant...it has a shiny look to it.

This is one of my wine bottle cakes

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1291712

I used a corn syrup and vodka mixture. You can also use a mixture of piping gel and vodka warmed up in the micro a little.

I made a wine bottle which I painted with some pearlized luster dust

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1356465

however....

to get the shiny look (which I did not use for this cake) I always steam my fondant...

( I used it on my tan chanel pocketbook)

I commented on that other thread, and it was to use a clothing iron on 'steam'. You don't put it on the fondant, but near it and you will see the fondant getting steamed. It is a bit tacky at first, until it dries, but it comes out shiny-- I did my 'legos' this way.

Hope this helps!

Thank you all for the wonderful tips! I was having the most difficult cake night last night and didn't even get to making the "bottle" shiny yet. I had difficulty getting the color I wanted for the fondant and when I finally got to covering it the fondant it was all bumpy from the RKT. I used gonache underneath it in order to attempt to avoid this but apparently was unsuccessful.

So tonight I plan to cover the RKT with another layer of fondant and then work with trying to get the shiny effect. I hope tonight's effort go better!

I use an edilbe laquer spray, it works great.