Sequin Cake Tutorial | Cake Decorating Tutorial

In this tutorial I'm going to take you through an easy but so effective way of making a sequin cake, these sequins are so realistic, I couldn't believe the difference the first time I used them. If you have any questions please do ask.
Kit List:
6" Cake on a board
Turntable
White Fondant/ Sugar paste
Colour splash gold dusts in - Pure Gold, pearl shimmer and antique gold.
Gold dust spray
Sparking Sugar Crystals
Edible gold sequins - 6 tubes for one 6" cake.
All Above are available on most cake decorating websites.
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Flat Paintbrush - you can buy these from any craft store as long as it's a flat one.
Piping Gel and Dipping solution - both available from: www.thecakedec...
How To:
1.Cover your cake with sugar paste 24 hours before you want to sequin it, so the icing is set and doesn't mark when lightly touched.
2. Mix your dusts and add in the dipping solution so it is thin and even in colour.
3. Paint on a generous amount on the top and paint all over letting it drip down the sides, working quickly to cover the whole cake if you have any bits that clump, take a clean fluffy brush and gently buff out.
4. Repeat twice more till you have a thick even colouring or the shade you are trying to achieve.
5. Paint a small section with the piping gel using a smaller clean flat brush. Pull your cake gently to the edge and using your hand like a cup, move up the cake with the sequins in your hand, patting on as you go.
6.Work your way all around the cake until its fully covered, you may need to clean up a couple of times if it gets very messy.
7. Finally, as a few sprays of gold dust spray to add extra sparkle if you wish.
Good luck.
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[@lynejoyce]

Thank you for your advice, instructions and inspiration. I have just made a gold sequin cake as second tier of a wedding cake - for the first time following your tutorial!

[@k.m.j.coutinho4390]

I just love your tutorials. And this one is splendid!

[@hayleylong5852]

Amazing!! So pretty and well done.

[@elizabethharris7828]

Thank you so much x

[@deepika71088]

Ooooh I would love to call you Queen of the cakes 😍 loved it. Thanks for sharing

[@elizabethharris7828]

Thanks your comment has made my day xx

[@deepika71088]

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[@lil-sr7wp]

oh la la ! vous avez une magnifique cuisine ! j'adore !

[@glenishaughton5640]

You added a white dust. What was the white dust please.

[@mariaeugeniaherrera9295]

Muy hermosa felicitaciones

[@peterhill4007]

I live in New Zealand but originally from the UK please could anyone tell me where I can get these sequins from. I want to make a two tier wedding cake. Thankyou Chrissy

[@elizabethharris7828]

Hi peter these are rainbow dust edible sequins, you can buy them through culpitt or Ebay. Do you relatives over here who could order them for you and send them over? Xx

[@peterhill4007]

Elizabeth Harris Thankyou I will do that and get the relatives to send them out. I’m really enjoying your tutorials Thankyou Chrissy

[@jenniferzammuto5212]

When you say icing, do you mean fondant?

[@elizabethharris7828]

Hi Yes I do mean fondant. xx

[@OTElover77]

-could I just put the sequins on with just buttercream instead of fondant and the piping gel?

[@elizabethharris7828]

Yes you can, I would let the buttercream set and put a thin layer of tree in first then your sequins xx

[@sheikebahrazaq8493]

What can u use instead of alcohol to mix the colour.

[@elizabethharris7828]

Hi you could try mixing confectioners glaze with it xx

[@nerymary8998]

Hello will sequence work on a buttercream covered cake hoping for your response.

[@elizabethharris7828]

Hi thanks for your comment, they will work in buttercream but you just need to make sure it’s set firm so you don’t damage the buttercream as you put them on. X

[@nerymary8998]

Elizabeth Harris thank you so much for the response

[@lyricalynn4042]

What is that dipping solution you used?tia

[@elizabethharris7828]

Hi it’s used to turn dusts into paint it’s also called rejuvenator xx

[@georginaruel5954]

Hi Elizabeth,Is the cake sat on a board the same diameter as the cake? i really struggle moving them without disturbing the icing!

[@elizabethharris7828]

Thanks for watching, yes it's on a board exactly the same diameter as the cake.