Gone are the days of boring plan cakes, cookies, and other desserts. Add shimmer and shine to your cakes, cookies, cupcakes, and even coffees with edible luster dust. Most luster dust is labeled non-toxic which means it won't harm you if consumed. To be safe, use edible luster dust brands that are FDA Approved.
The edible dust sticks well to fondant and gum paste. It can be used to add a hint of color and glittery highlight to frostings and icings. Use it dry, mix it with other colors, or brush it on with alcohol-based liquids like flavored extracts. Make life sweeter and your desserts shimmer with the design!
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Learn about the ways to use edible luster dust in this fun little article:
How to Use Edible Luster Dust with Following Things
Airbrush
Fill your airbrush applicator with the liquefied solution of edible luster dust and airbrush designs onto your cake. Whether you want to use templates or stencils, it all depends on your airbrushing skill level.
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Stencils
Using stencils, you can create stunning designs on the cake and baked goods. There are many ways to use edible luster dust with stencils and airbrushing is one of them. Another way is directly on the cake or fondant.
If you are using it on fondant, here a few steps to follow:
1. Dust the surface with cornstarch and roll out fondant into the desired thickness. Now place stencil into the fondant and press it firmly so that the details wouldn’t tear out.
2. Use edible dust or the liquefied mix to paint over the stencil; make sure to cover the details. Let it dry before removing the stencil.
3. Now cover the cake with designed fondant. You can also make fondant cut-outs with the designed paste.
4. You can also use this method on a cake already covered with fondant
How to Cook with Luster Dust?
Edible Luster dust can easily be applied onto molded candies, fondant, and gum paste with a dry brush. For intense colors, mix the luster dust with ethanol-based extract or lemon extract. It only takes a few drops and mix until you get the desired consistency. Don’t mix the edible luster dust with water as most of them are not water-soluble and will result in a sticky paste.
Edible Luster Dust in Icing
Butter icing is too soft for you to paint edible luster dust on. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t use a glittering and shiny butter icing. You only need to add the luster dust to the frosting before using it.
Begin with using a spoon full of edible luster dust into the frosting. You can also add this to royal icing. Let royal icing dry and then carefully painted with edible luster dust.
Methods to Apply Edible Luster Dust
Turning simple baked goods into a brilliant masterpiece is as simple as a little sprinkling of Edible Luster Dust. But sometimes it is hard to see the effect of a dry luster dust application in a photo.
Here are two methods to use the application to see the visible effects:
Dry Application
For dry application, use a soft brush to paint the cake surface to get desirable effects. The benefit of this method is that you don’t have to struggle to get the right consistency. In this way, you paint without any streaks of paint on the cake and leaves you with an evenly painted cake surface.
Wet Application
In this technique, liquefy the edible luster dust using ethanol-based liquid. You can either choose vodka or lemon extract. Once you are done making a liquified consistency, go ahead and paint your cake with it. This method is perfect for cakes with uneven surfaces, fold designs, and hard to reach places.
How to Store Edible Luster Dust?
Storing edible luster dust is quite easy. Store them in a tight jar. Keep them in a cool dark place and protect it from sunlight. When kept properly, it lasts for a very long time.
We hope this guide will be helpful to you. Share your experience of Edible luster dust with us in the comment section below.
