Coolest DIY Birthday Cakes

Coolest Converse All Star Cupcake Shoe

This Converse All Star Cupcake Shoe is made of 3 cupcakes, one for the toe and two stacked for the high top. All homemade fondant.

Tips on Cake Decorating Shoe-Shaped Cakes 5

My friend, Jessie, and I wanted to make a cake for fun over the summer break. We came up with this idea and used food coloring to make the cake foot-colored. We used Airheads and cut them up for toenails. We used Airheads and Twizzler twists for the flip-flops.

Flip Flop Cake

For this giant flip flop cake, I started with two boxes of regular yellow cake mix. I then baked two different cakes, each with their own rectangle pan. I then stacked the two cakes on top of each other, making sure that I added whipped white icing between the two cakes. After stacking, I started … Read more

Coolest Converse Shoe Cake

It was my boyfriend’s 20th Birthday and he is obsessed with Converse sneakers. I knew I had to make him an amazing Converse shoe cake since I make them for every family member’s special day, so I took on the challenge in creating a sneaker for him. I used two 8×10 pans and used Betty … Read more

Cool Homemade Purple Flip Flop Cake

This Flip Flops Cake is a chocolate and vanilla cake. I made it for my daughter’s birthday. You need to get sole patterns which I got online. I baked 2 13×9 cake ( 1 chocolate 1 vanilla). The strips are are black candy strips and the flower is made out of fondant.

Coolest Manolo Blahnik Shoe Cake

The Manolo Blahnik shoe cake was designed for a girl friend’s 40th Birthday. The Manolo Blahnik high heel shoe was handmade using gumpaste and the shoe box design is a chocolate cake with cannoli filling covered in marshmallow fondant.

Tips on Cake Decorating Shoe-Shaped Cakes 6

I conjured up the idea for this Adidas shoe cake when I saw this exact pair my friend was wearing. Oddly enough, it was her birthday, and she loves sporty shoes. This cake took two layers of a 13 X 9 cake, and a 9 X 9 square pan. I carved the shoe shape free … Read more

Cool Homemade Flip Flops Cake

My daughter wanted to have a flip flop 9th birthday party. It was summer and everyone wears flip flops, so I made 2 pairs of flip flops cakes out of loaf pans, one pair is vanilla and the other pair is chocolate, both decorated with buttercream frosting. The straps were made of 2 colored twisted … Read more

Coolest Converse Shoe Cake

This Converse shoe cake was made by using rectangle cakes, iced, and stacked about four or five high. Then you get a nice serrated knife and start carving. I don’t like templates or cut outs; just do it freehand. Start by taking off only a little at a time to get the shape right.(remember- you … Read more

Coolest Diva Shoe Cake

This homemade Diva show cake was made for a little girl with a serious shoe fetish. It is an 8″ round chocolate fudge with raspberry/chocolate ganache filling. The icing is a simple butter cream with fondant accents. The shoe was made from fondant and was completely edible except for the sequence used on the top … Read more

Coolest Flip Flops Birthday Cake

I made this Flip Flops Birthday Cake for our babysitter who turned 14. She asked for a flip flop cake after seeing my daughter’s t-shirt. I had freedom to do as I wished so I did my own rendering. I was really short on time so I kind of threw it together. First I used … Read more

Tips on Cake Decorating Shoe-Shaped Cakes 7

My friends daughter loves flip flops, so I thought it would be fun to make a cake with flip-flops on it. I actually used my 3 year olds flip-flop to trace a template of the flip-flop on wax paper. Then I transferred the flip-flop pattern onto the cake and created the flip-flop using my imagination. … Read more