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How To Use Gold Leaf On Cakes
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Sep 6, 2024
In this cake decorating tutorial I'll show you the basics of how to use gold leaf on cakes to decorate frosting, drips, piping, stencils, and several cake toppers. For my online cake decorating school click here: https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/online-courses To read a written version of this tutorial (with photos!) click here: https://www.britishgirlbakes.com/how-to-use-gold-leaf-on-cakes/ SUBSCRIBE to my channel for a new cake decorating tutorial every week!
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Gold leaf makes cakes look instantly classier and once you know how to use it it's easy
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I'll show you the basics of gold leaf and a few decorative ways to use it
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Gold leaf comes packaged within these protective sheets because it's very delicate
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Lift it with a paintbrush or tweezers. Don't touch it or it will stick to your finger
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I chill my cakes in the fridge for an hour before decorating them to set the frosting
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so it's firm. Lift the gold leaf up and press it gently against a drip that's set
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or against the frosting on the cake. If the frosting has set you can push the gold leaf
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against it with your paintbrush so it lies flat and the pressure from your paintbrush won't damage
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the frosting on the cake. Gold leaf looks really pretty when it's placed randomly on the cake like
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this or you can be more intentional. Outline piping by first letting the piping set for about
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an hour in the fridge so it gets hard and then press the gold leaf gently against the edge
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Leave it sticking out or press it flat against the piping by dabbing it with your paintbrush
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Since the piping has set you won't damage it as you push the gold leaf into it
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Gold makes a stunning outline around the piping. If you're enjoying this tutorial please click the
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week! Gold leaf makes even the most simple cake toppers look glamorous. Brush it onto macarons
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fresh fruit or even artificial flowers. I brushed the edges of these petals with water to make them
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damp and the gold leaf sticks to that moisture to make the flowers match the gold leaf on the
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frosting on the cake and to make them look fancier. For very specific placement of gold
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leaf use a stencil. After the frosting on the cake has set brush it with clear alcohol like
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vodka to make it moist and then wrap a stencil around the cake. Peel the backing paper away
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from a sheet of gold leaf and press the gold leaf against the stencil and it will stick to
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the damp frosting through the gaps in the stencil. The alcohol will evaporate and disappear within a
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few minutes. Simple shapes work best for this because details are easily lost in intricate
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stencils and if you don't like the result you can brush it away with a paintbrush dipped in vodka
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which will dissolve the gold leaf. For a simpler design which is more effective with gold leaf
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cut a shape out of parchment paper and press the outline against a cake
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Brush on some vodka or use a sponge and then press gold leaf into it. If there are any parts of the
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stencil shape that aren't covered with gold try brushing gold leaf from the parchment paper
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surrounding it over onto the shape to cover it up completely and then peel the stencil off to
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leave your gold shape behind. To completely cover a cake with gold leaf let the frosting on the cake
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set and then peel off one side of the backing paper and press the gold leaf into the frosting
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on the cake, using the other side of the paper to press without touching the gold leaf with your
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hands. When you peel the backing paper away the gold leaf will be left on the cake. Repeat the
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process with several sheets of gold and they're so thin that where they overlap they'll blend
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together to form a flat layer of gold all over the cake. I hope this video has been useful
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Check out my online cake school for lots of cake decorating courses and join my club for access to
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all of my classes as well as live interactive demonstrations and Q&A sessions! The link for
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