How to Apply Edible Glitter to a Cake Without Wasting It
How do you apply edible glitter to a cake? There are two methods, they are not interchangeable, and picking the wrong one costs you twice. Dry brushing gives a soft, diffused metallic sheen and it is fast: load a soft brush, tap off the excess, swipe. Painting gives coverage, edges and control: a small amount of dust mixed with a few drops of a clear high-proof spirit to a paint consistency, brushed on. Dry for sheen, wet for anything needing a line, a shape or a solid metallic face. The reason a spirit works as a carrier and water does not is that the pigment is almost insoluble in water —…
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