There are several talented people out there who make cool cakes. One that I have been wanting to try is a shoe box cake. The shoe box? Easy Peasy. The shoe? Not so much.
I went on Cake Central's website (wow, that site is addicting!!) and found a tutorial on how to make a shoe out of gum paste. This Sunday, while the kids played a video game and David watched..probably Stargate, I sat down for my first attempt.
Here is what I made, before adding glittery dust to it. The support for the arch is too high. Next time, I'll able it better to get a better arch.
Here's a top view. See the "designer" label? :)
So, yea. Ignore the rough edges. It's my first one, but I am glad I have the tutorial to show me how!
4 comments:
Love it! I want to try one of those too. It will just have to wait until I move though.
Wow, that's amazing!!!
It there any actual cake in there, or is it pure icing?
Hi Lisa,
It's all gumpaste, which I guess is a kind of icing. I want to make a cake in the shape of a shoe box and then put the shoe on top.
I can make homemade gumpaste with marshmallow, powdered sugar, water and gumtex (a hardening agent). This that I used is store-bought gumpaste which has all kinds of crazy stuff in it. It's edible, but barely. LOL Too sweet/plastic-y tasting for me.
Kaaren (not logged in) at work
I'd buy a pair of purple bow heels.
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