Pizazz

Are your cupcakes missing something? Do your candy favors need something special? Do you need to add a little sparkle here and pizazz there? Well my friends, let me tell you about a few wonderful products that have recently become my best cake and candy decorating friends. 


Their names are:

Disco Dust

                                
                                                                

Petal Dust

 Luster Dust

Disco Dust is an edible glitter. It will add sparkle to just about anything. There are lots of beautiful colors to choose from including clear glitters that have a different colored iridescence. They catch the light beautifully, and you can add them to about anything. Use a dry paint brush and paint it on fondant or chocolate, or pinch it and sprinkle it over top cupcakes or buttercream cakes. It's also fun to add to champagne and cocktails for a special touch. 

Petal Dust is a very fine powder that has a matte finish to it. It also comes in lots of colors and is great to dry brush onto fondant, gumpaste, and chocolate.

Luster Dust is probably my favorite of the three products. Like petal dust, luster dust is a very fine powder, but instead of the matte finish, it has a great luster and sheen to it. It's great for dry brushing on fondant and gumpaste flowers, but I have recently started using it on chocolate, such as white chocolate wedding favors.  I absolutely adore using it on the chocolate. It sets the favors apart and adds something most people haven't seen before. 

Petal and Luster Dust can also be mixed with vodka and turned into a paint.  The higher proof the better because the alcohol will evaporate rather quickly. This is yet another way to make your project stand out. 

All three of these products are great additions to every cake decorators arsenal of tools.  They come in lots of stunning colors. 

These are examples. I used disco dust, luster dusts, and petal dust on wafers of white chocolate.

Keep crafty!

Jayna, Sugar Drop Inc.

Franklin Bridal Ball

This past Sunday, we had the privilege of being apart of the Franklin Bridal Ball, held at the Franklin Marriott Hotel. There was a great turn out of brides, and we lots of fun working with you. One of our girls on staff, Lindsay, was a trooper and wore a couple of our gowns in the booth. One was a gown by Sophia Tolli, and the other was by Alfred Sung, both from lines that carry exclusively. 

Sugar Drop Girls. From left to right: Jayna,Lindsay, Sharon

Gemma by Sophia Tolli

Lindsay modeling a gorgeous Alfred Sung gown, and Bel Aire headpiece.

She's in love with this car.

Thanks to Grand Avenue Limo for letting us take pictures. 

Wild & Wacky Wedding Cake Competition

Sugar Drop is a member of ICES, International Cake Exploration Society. It's a great opportunity to really get involved, learn, and pow wow with other cake designers. In March and October the Tennessee chapter has our Day of Sharing. The Day of Sharing usually involves demonstrations by cake design professionals. Sunday we had Jay Qualls of Maples Wedding Cakes , who did a stringwork demonstration that was wonderful. 

We also had the Wild & Wacky Wedding Cake Competition.  In this competition, people who had registered, were split into four teams of three. On our team tables we had four bags of decorations, that we had to use every bit of. Most of it was old & awful things that were not supposed to co-exist, but that's what made it Wild & Wacky. We had 10 minutes to plan, and 50 to decorate.  Here are some pictures from the day. Enjoy!