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post #1 of 15
3/11/10 at 9:31am
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So sorry to keep bugging you all with my questions.

I have a request to have a cookie "gittery" and I don't know if painted on luster dust will get the effect she's looking for. Have any of you heard of or used a spray on edible glitter? I thought I heard of Ace of Cakes using it or some other food show. Does it exist? Was I imagining it? Where can I get it? Are there certain brands?

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post #2 of 15
3/11/10 at 9:38am
PME makes a luster dust in a spray can. It has that glittery effect.
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post #3 of 15
3/11/10 at 9:41am
disco dust or pixie dust is what you're looking for

Here is a link to some:

http://www.cakesbysam.com/store/cart.php?target=search&substring=pixie+dust


here are some cookies I did recently w/ it on them (I only sprinkled a tiny bit while the icing was wet)

and look at this cake topper, it was liberally dusted with the pixie dust!
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post #4 of 15
3/11/10 at 9:42am
oh, well if you want just a sheen there is pearl airbrush spray that will give an overall satiny sheen/sparkle to fondant........but if you want glitter.......pixie/disco dust is the way to go!
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post #5 of 15
3/11/10 at 10:06am
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So on the Labyrinth cookie, she wants sparkles in the background, like on top of the flooded part, and then the word and stars and vines to be all over that. I have mixed vodka and luster dust before but I never liked the effect, it was always streaky or too thick in one part and hardly any in another part. I love the sparkles on your #3 cookies though, that's exactly what I was looking for. And you just sprinkle it on? Thanks!
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post #6 of 15
3/11/10 at 10:16am
yep, just literally dipped my fingertip into the sparkles and sprinkled a touch onto the wet icing.
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post #7 of 15
3/11/10 at 10:52am
I am needing the same thing, but mine is for a cake. I am doing a baby shower cake and they want sparkle. I had a look at that website you posted KHalstead and they have some awesome stuff. I'm just wondering what would be best for a cake, the pixie dust or the luster spray. I'm only a beginner cake decorator so I need ease of application too. How easy would it be to put the pixie dust on a buttercream iced cake? I think the spray would be easy, but I like the look of the pixie dust. Any ideas would be great of how I can make this cake sparkle.

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post #8 of 15
3/11/10 at 11:19am
Khalstead - Those look just wonderful!! icon_smile.gif
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post #9 of 15
3/11/10 at 11:24am
I agree with the disco dust.

Just did some recently and it doesn't take much to bring out the sparkle!

I just dipped a grapefruit spoon in the jar tapped off the excess and used what clinged to the spoon over my cookies! It gives off such a beautiful sparkle in the sun or under any type of light.
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post #10 of 15
3/11/10 at 1:01pm
They really do look beautiful. Wow, it's amazing what a diff a little of that stuff can make.
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post #11 of 15
3/15/10 at 4:02pm
I've had the same streaky appearance mixing pearl dust with vodka and painting it on. What fixes that is sponging on the dust/vodka mix and making sure the mix has the consistency of paint (a lot of dust, a little vodka).

I also dry brush the dust onto cakes and cookies. I get a great effect and I don't seem to waste as much dust.
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post #12 of 15
3/16/10 at 6:28am
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Originally Posted by daisy81382

I am needing the same thing, but mine is for a cake. I am doing a baby shower cake and they want sparkle. I had a look at that website you posted KHalstead and they have some awesome stuff. I'm just wondering what would be best for a cake, the pixie dust or the luster spray. I'm only a beginner cake decorator so I need ease of application too. How easy would it be to put the pixie dust on a buttercream iced cake? I think the spray would be easy, but I like the look of the pixie dust. Any ideas would be great of how I can make this cake sparkle.

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Here is the difference between the pixie dust and spraying the luster........the pixie dust looks like granuals of glitter (as you saw on the other 2 pics. I posted) the luster spray gives an overall sheen to the piece. Here are some cookies with pearl spray on them so you can see the difference HTH
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post #13 of 15
3/16/10 at 6:32am
The are just gorgeous!
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post #14 of 15
3/16/10 at 9:35am
Thank you KHalstead for posting what the spray looks like. Your cookies are beautiful. Maybe if I have enough spray left I'll make some nice easter cookies like that icon_smile.gif I've ordered some of both and hoping they will be here this week for my cake this weekend. I think I will try the spray overall and use the pixie dust on the decorations. That should be enough 'sparkle' for them I hope.
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post #15 of 15
3/16/10 at 11:53am
i love the pme pearl luster spray. i've also used the gold spray on cookies icon_smile.gif. it adheres so neatly and cleanly.
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