Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A Golden Birthday Cake

A big THANKS to Laura for her referrals and this cake order she placed for a friend over the weekend!  I was excited to use the luster dust painting technique I tried a while back with silver, but this time with gold.  I covered the cake with a think layer of ivory fondant, then used a wide, dry brush to apply gold luster that had been mixed with a little alcohol (the drinking kind).  I love black as an accent color, because it makes everything else really pop.  The swirls are hand-rolled fondant.

And did you notice the swirly "26" hidden in there?  Clever girl...

xoxo,
Rach

1 comment:

Ann @ makethebestofthings said...

Gorgeous! Love the gold with the black, really striking. Such good work, Rachel.