Gold Crackled Fondant Is A Beautiful Texture For Many Different Cake Applications
Gold crackled fondant is so beautiful and easy to make! All you need is some fondant, non-toxic or edible gold paint, everclear or rose water, confectioners glaze, a blow torch and a rolling pin! I love the beautiful effect the gold crackle has on a simple tiered cake or you can use it on sculpted cakes for a reptile scale or weathered look. Check out my cute sea turtle cake tutorial to see how this gold crackled fondant looks on a sculpted cake.
I first fell in love with the gold crackled look from that amazing work from Angela Morrison. Her technique uses gumpaste over fondant and is really beautiful as well!
How To Make Gold Crackle
Making gold crackle is easier than you think. Here are the supplies that you're going to need.
Gold Crackled Fondant Materials List
Fondant
Creme brulee torch
Confectioners glaze
Corn starch
Non-toxic gold or edible gold (note: if you use the edible gold paint then you don't need confectioners glaze)
Everclear, rosewater or lemon extract
Rolling pin
X-acto blade
Fondant smoother
Chilled Cake
How To Achieve Crackle Fondant On A Cake
First roll out your fondant to about half as thick as you normally would. Torch the surface with your creme brulee torch until the surface is nicely toasted. If there are any light spots, that place will not crackle.
Paint the surface with confectioners glaze then paint it with your gold/everclear mixture. Let dry completely to avoid the gold from flaking off when you crack it with your rolling pin.
Crackle your fondant by rolling it out with your rolling pin. Go in both directions. The more you roll, the bigger the cracks will be. I prefer to keep my cracks pretty small.
Now you can cover your cake in one piece or you can panel it depending on the final look you are going for.
Edible Crackle Paint
If you want to make a crackle that isn't gold, you can paint the surface of your fondant with food coloring and it will crackle the same way. I used black airbrush for this crackled fondant tutorial but you could use any type of food coloring. Just paint it on and let it dry. Edible artist decorative paints are great for this because it dries really fast.
For the inside of this cake I used my delicious vanilla cake recipe from scratch filled with easy buttercream frosting. I always make sure my cakes are fully chilled before covering with fondant.
Recipe
Ingredients
Gold Crackled Fondant
- 1 ½ lbs fondant
- 1 teaspoon confectioners glaze
- 2 teaspoon Non-toxic gold or edible gold
Instructions
Tools Needed
- Creme brulee torchCorn starch dusterRolling pinX-acto bladeFondant smootherChilled Cake
- Roll out fondant to half as thick as your normally do. Torch the surface of the fondant until it's brown and bubbly. Let cool.
- Brush the surface of the fondant with confectioners glaze. Combine your everclear and gold dust to make a paint. Paint over the glaze and let dry fully. At least 10 minutes.
- Use a bench scraper to loosen the fondant from the table and then using a rolling pin, roll out your fondant to the desired thickness. The more you roll, the thicker the cracks will be. I like thinner cracks.
- Cover your cake in one piece as you would normally or panel to keep the texture more intact.
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Kylie says
I am in love with this effect! It's gorgeous! Just one question, did you mean to put roll the fondant twice as thick as you normally would instead of half as thick? Thank you for sharing!
The Sugar Geek Show says
Yes the fondant needs to be thicker than it normally is so that when you roll it out the rest of the way it's not too thin
Dolores says
Beautiful tutorial
Eleonora says
Great tutorial! Have a question what's confectioners glaze? I can not find it in my country. Do you have the recipe ? Thanks
The Sugar Geek Show says
You can use another paint like poppy paints, edible artist decorative paints or rainbow dust gold paint
Jacque says
Hi what do you mean by confectioners glaze?
The Sugar Geek Show says
Confectioners glaze is an ingredient. Check the link in the materials list
Tameckea says
Wow..thisbis great. I am trying to make a solid gold top...can you please advise which paint was used in the video?
The Sugar Geek Show says
This is non-toxic gold from Truly Mad Plastics
Ana says
Hi, I was wondering if this could be done on covered cake?
The Sugar Geek Show says
Hi there, what do you mean covered?
sueli conceição says
maravilhoso .
Flor Malaspina Baca says
Hola Es un efecto muy elegante sencillo y bello . Me gustaría saber si quiero darle el mismo efecto en color rosa , se haría del mismo modo? . Mil gracias
Nikki from Tikkido says
Seriously cool technique, thank you for sharing!
Candice Gilkison says
Do you have to buy the glaze or can it be made?
The Sugar Geek Show says
I don't know if there is a way to make the glaze
Shabnam says
Hi, that was really Awesome ?. Can we make without confectioners glaze?
The Sugar Geek Show says
Yes but you would have to use a gold paint like rainbow dust gold, poppy paint or edible artist decorative paints
Gisselle says
Que es glaseado de pasteleria
Beryl says
Incredible - thank you so much 🙂
Patricia Morales says
That was awesome!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
The Sugar Geek Show says
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Nancy Smith says
This is so fantastic, what an amazing technique. I can't wait to try it, thank you for sharing your time and talents!
The Sugar Geek Show says
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
gail says
awesome TFS