I think you\'ve got it...
Basically, I think you\'ve pretty much got it.
If you have a nice lightly colored sand as our basing material, I would glue in down, then \'wash\' it with a brownish-yellow ochre color. Lightly drybrushing with progressive lighter shades of ivory.
now if you want to paint a DESSERT base, I\'d start with whipped cream, and some sort of fluffy cake.lollol