Metalic icing colourings can add spectacular deail to cakes. Food technology has really come on a long way in the past few years and these exciting products offer some fantastic possibilities which simply weren't possible even 2-3 years ago. They are well worth exploring and are guaranteed to give your cakes a real "bling" factor.
Sugarflair Metallic Icing Liquid Colourings are basically edible gold / silver leaf or glitter suspended in alcohol. When painted on to icing the alcohol quickly evaporates, leaving behind a stunning metallic lustre.
For best results, use by brushing / painting on to dry sugarpaste, marzipan or royal icing. Although there's nothing to stop you also mixing with icing, we do not recommend this as to create a true metallic effect you'd have to add so much it would seriously alter the consistency (and taste) of the icing.
Sugarflair icing colourings are fat free, nut free, gluten free, GM free and are also suitable for vegetarians. Says it all really - top quality.
Rainbow Dust Edible Icing Paints are a new addition to the range . . . 100% edible but, unlike Sugarflair metallic colourings, these are water based so cleaning brushes and equipment is easy - and there's no alcohol / spirit to possibly taint the taste of the icing so they're more suitable for covering larger areas. Certified Kosher and Halal, GM free, nut free and gluten free and suitable for vegetarians
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With 14 colours to choose from, these excellent new edible paints are already proving great sellers . . . can be applied to detailed areas with a brush, or used to cover larger areas with the Easycover Sponge applicator. These natural, sterilized sponges give a beautiful finish without the relative expense of using lustre aerosol sprays.
The cake on the left has been covered in Dark Metallic Gold - two coats are normally enough to produce a fantastic finish and the really clever bit is that because the pigment is sealed on to the surface of the icing when the paint dries, it won't smudge or turn "dusty".
Rainbow Dust Edible Metallic Paints mean it's now perfectly possible for most cake decorators to achieve a uniform, metallic or pearlescent finish without having to use aerosols sprays. Brilliant!
Cakestuff.com also offers a selection of PME Edible Lustre Sprays . . . a new concept in cake decorating first seen with Wilton in the USA, but now available in a much improved formula from PME. These aerosols can be used to evenly apply a gentle lustre to larger areas of icing.
IMPORTANT . . . aerosols are not permitted on aircraft so PME lustre sprays cannot be shipped outside the UK and, even then, cannot be sent 1st class or Special Delivery.
As you browse through the colourings, please be sure you are purchasing the correct product as we cannot accept the return of colourings (even if unopened) for food safety reasons. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Please click here for more details of our Food Safety Policy.
Please remember colours shown on this site are limited by photography and shades may appear to vary on different PC monitors.
We would wish to highlight to our Muslim customers and those of other faiths which do not permit any consumption of alcohol that Sugarflair edible metallic icing colourings are alcohol suspensions. Even although most of the alcohol evaporates (ie they are perfectly safe for children's cakes), we respect your beliefs but as edible items cannot be returned, want you to please be aware of this before you buy.
We would also point out to our Jewish customers that although you will often see these colours described as Kosher on other websites, they are not (this is down to an error on one of the Sugarflair shade cards supplied to stockists). Sugarflair pastes, pens, liquids, dusts etc are certified Kosher (Kedassia), but the metallic range is not.
If, over time, you find your edible metallic colourings begin to dry out (the alcohol evaporates over time) simply add a little Rejuvenator Spirit, a food-grade iso-propyl alcohol, to extend the life of your colourings and save you some money. Click here to see Rejuvenator Spirit.
