Episode Details

Which green edible glitter works for cakes, and when should you stock it? Green has two jobs this season, and they do not overlap. The pistachio look — the soft, luxe green a client wants in any month — is a fine luster dust brushed on as a sheen, so the buttercream's own colour shows through and the green reads as a glow. The Christmas look is green next to red, and that wants flake: a scatter of green points reads festive from across a room. Buy the jar in October and it works twice, because green sits in the Halloween set with orange, purple and black, and then becomes red's most common companion in December. What the shade name does not tell you is what is in the jar. Some greens in this category are mica pigment only and some are built with certified dyes; only the label on the exact jar decides, and a cottage baker's ingredient label copies that declaration word for word. In this episode: - Why pistachio wants a sheen and Christmas wants a scatter - Green's seasonal jump in the brand's own basket data, and why it travels with red - Dana's winning round: "green" is not an ingredient, and what to write on your labels - Three rules for batch consistency across a whole event - The per-gram board, and how to get your own per-cupcake number in a dozen Who should skip it: December menus built on red velvet and gold, exact colour matches without a swatch, and anyone buying on a trend guide instead of their own order book. MONÉGASQUE Green 15 gram luster dust is on Amazon at $14.99 standard; check the listing for current pricing. Full transcript on the episode page. New questions answered every week at The Monégasque Table.