Sparkle dust does not mix with vodka or lemon extract. If you want to mix something with the vodka and lemon extract you need to use the Luster Dust or pearl dust. There is a difference between all of them. The sparkle dust are not enought of a powder to mix well with liquid.
It depends on whether you are doing it on fondant or buttercream. For fondant you mix luster dusts with clear alcohol (like vodka) or lemon extract and airbush the cake (if you are lucky enough to have an airbrush) or paint on with a brush.
If you are doing buttercream you can get cake sparkles (like Wilton has), or sugar crystals, like sanding sugar, (larger granules than granulated sugar) and just press it onto the sides of the cake and/or sprinkle on top. Put down a sheet pan and parchment paper to catch excess as you stick in on the sides of the cake. There is also a new kind of cake sparkle out there, we just got some in at my work the other day, called candy prisms, it is like cake sparkles but they are irredescent.
Here's a beautiful cake done by our very own DianeLM:
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=102133
I work banquets and am always checking out the wedding cakes. I saw a really pretty glitter called disco dust that one decorator used. It's different than sparkle or luster dust and costs a little more, but it's awesome (extra sparkly) and comes in white among other colors. Out of the two specialty cake stores in my area, only one is able to get it, so you may have to get it online.
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Depends on the glitter look that you want.
Sparkle dust can be mixed with a clear extract or alcohol and be painted on along with luster or pearl. But that is more of a sheen as apposed to a glitter
You can also use a large blush brush to gently dust the dust on the sides of the cake--even BC iced ones. Again, more of a sheen...
Wilton's shimmer dust is the one you cannot mix with an alcohol or extract becasue it will clump, but you can sprinkle it on the sides of your cake.
The most sparkle you can get is to use a disco/pixie/mystical dust. Take a small bit in your hand and gently blow on it to spread it all over the cake. I am a HUGE disco/pixie fan and use it on a LOT of my cakes and you will see me touting it all over CC! 
If you want to know more on the differnt types of dusts, check out this thread: http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-54059.html
Not to hijack this post, but I have a similar problem and appreciate the responses here - they help a lot. I was wondering, though, how much pixie/disco dust would you need to cover a 12" cake - I just need to know how much to buy, especially since I'll probably have to order it online.
I use edible glitter all the time. Comes in a nice shaker container, and works fine for the sides of a wedding cake. If you need a finer consistency, run a rolling pin over it while in a plastic zip top bag.
If you mean the large sparkles that look like diamonds on the side of the cake, then you need to actually press them into the icing/fondant. My friends wedding cake had this look, with cake jewelry on the top, and it was stunning!
If you mean the large sparkles that look like diamonds on the side of the cake, then you need to actually press them into the icing/fondant. My friends wedding cake had this look, with cake jewelry on the top, and it was stunning!
If you have a photo of your friend's cake to share, I'd love to see how it looks.
Not to hijack this post, but I have a similar problem and appreciate the responses here - they help a lot. I was wondering, though, how much pixie/ would you need to cover a 12" cake - I just need to know how much to buy, especially since I'll probably have to order it online.
A tiny pinch of Disco dust will cover a 12" cake adequatly. One jar will go a VERY long way!
That is beautiful! I've always love colorful, sparkly things (maybe I'm really a giant bird 
).
Seriously, I love the look of that cake. Thanks for posting the photo.
Not to hijack this post, but I have a similar problem and appreciate the responses here - they help a lot. I was wondering, though, how much pixie/ would you need to cover a 12" cake - I just need to know how much to buy, especially since I'll probably have to order it online.
I bought two jars of this stuff a while back the hologram and the white and LOVE this stuff.......anyhow I've used it what seems like tons of times on a sheet cake, the slot machine (tons of it) and other cakes and my jars aren't even close to being halfway emptied you'll be fine with one jar for a 12" it lasts a long time I got mine from www.cakesbysam.com and the jars are pretty large, larger than a jar of coloring from wilton so much larger than luster dust jars!
You can use regular sugar crystals to add a little sparkle to the cake.
By the way, a tip I got from this site that I'd like to reiterate - when you do use luster dusts with clear alcohol, when you're finished and if you have any "paint" left over, just let it dry and then you can scrape it and it's powder again which you can add back to your original container. Saves on the dust and cost of the dust. This stuff really does go a long way.
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