My wife loves to run and got a new pair of shoes for an upcoming half marathon. I wanted to make her a cake for her birthday of the shoes, but she was always wearing them at work when I had time to work on the cake, so I found some images online. It was … Read more
The summer of 2011 we were upstate at my friend’s house. We we having a birthday party for my son who was turning 11. We talked to another friend whose little girl was turning 6 and decided to do a double party for the kids. The little girl’s birthday is July 29 and my son’s … Read more
I made these high heel cup cakes for one of my best friend’s for her birthday. She is honestly the best person, she is fit to be a princess. I made the cupcakes with vanilla cup cake mix with a marshmallow fondant to cover the cupcake. I used white chocolate melts to cover a graham cracker to shape the … Read more
This is a butter pound cake, stacked, and carved in the shape of a converse sneaker (size 10 1/2). Then was frosted in buttercream and covered in fondant, airbrushed in bright yellow with black trim. Holes cut and laces applied. The cake was sitting on the coffee table when she stopped by for coffee. We … Read more
This Sneaker Cake was made for a colleague who was leaving to work elsewhere. She is also an avid runner. It comprises of a Victoria sponge cake shaped into a running shoe, covered in fondant icing and filled with chocolates.
I made the Shoes Birthday Cake from modelling paste that sets hard but is still edible and dried them over a rolling pin to get the curves. The box was two square cake covered in sugar paste coloured lilac. I used one for the lid and tied ribbon round it. I placed one of the … Read more
This Homemade Sneaker Cake Design was made to scale. I cut cake board to the shape of the shoe soles. They are cake carved, dirty iced in buttercream, and then covered in fondant. I was careful to try and match the colors of the real shoes which they were modeled after. They were a big … Read more
I searched the Web for cool birthday cake decorating ideas and found this cool flip flop cake idea. For mine, I made this cake for my friend’s daughter’s “Aloha” (backyard water fun) birthday. I got my birthday cake decorating ideas from this site. I made them from two 9×13 sheet cakes and froze them so … Read more
I got these birthday cake decorating ideas when my sister complained just before her 30th that she couldnt find a pair of walking sandals that she liked. I wanted to work more with fondant so I decided to make her a pair! I baked two small oval cakes, shaped them out and covered with fondant. … Read more
This Homemade Shoe and Bag Cake was made for a friend’s 17 year old daughter. The cake for the shoe box and bag are carved from a chocolate Madeira cake filled with and covered with chocolate butter cream. The bag handles and shoes were made in advance using fondant mixed with tylos for stability. I … Read more
I made this Shoe And Purse Birthday Cake for my sister’s birthday, my first gumpaste shoe. The box is cake covered in fondant and so is the purse. The bead handle is gumpaste. I am still learning and this was fun. I stenciled on buttercreme icing on the box.
To make this Homemade High Heel Shoe Cake I used a mud cake recipe, but reduced the water slightly (example, the recipe asked for 1 of water+0.5 of coffee, and I’d suggest you use no more than just under 1 cup of liquid in total). The reason is that if the cake is too muddy … Read more