The Making of a Shoe Addiction Cake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a post on how to make this cake or cakes of similar nature. During the course of this tutorial, I will be directing you to other tutorials on the website. Of particular importance is my tutorial on how to cover cakes with dry fondant panels which can be found here. That tutorial will help you better understand the process below. This is a surprisingly simple but effective cake decoration which will leave everyone very impressed. To see other views of this cake, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE PROCESS:

(1) The first thing you want to do is make your stilettos. I have a tutorial here on how I make them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: There were originally going to be 2 stilettos with this cake design but one broke as it did not dry properly. I placed floral wires into one of the broken pieces and made use of it that way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Next, make your fondant panels. You will need 4 panels in all. The panels measure 10 x 8 inches (front and back) and 5 x 8 inches (sides). It was a bit difficult arriving at the color of the Christian Louboutin shopping bag which I used as a model for this cake. I arrived at it by applying ivory and a bit of black and brown color pastes to white fondant. Again, my tutorial on how to cover cakes with panels will guide you on how to make your own panels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) When the panels were dry, I wrote the name in front of the shopping bag. I printed out the name from the internet, cut it to create a template and used that template to cut out white fondant. The fondant was stuck to the panel with a bit of vodka.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Next, I used an extruder to make the bag ropes. These can be done by hand also. White fondant ropes were attached to the top part of both the front and back panels. Empty luster dust bottles were used to support the rope on the front panel while it dried.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) Next, make your cake board by draping it with ivory fondant and making lines on it using a ruler and a fondant wheel.

(6) Frost your cake. The cake should have a cake board underneath. The cake should be about 7 inches high as the panels are 8 inches high. You need the extra 1 inch for the pink fondant paper stuffing on top.

(7) Place the cake on the cake board and cover the sides using the panels. Use melted white chocolate to stick the panels together at the sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8) Next, stuff the top of the cake with pink fondant triangles. Insert the broken shoe into the cake half way through the process and keep adding pink fondant until you are satisfied with the look.

(9) Leave the pink fondant to dry and brush the pink fondant with vodka to make it glossy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10) Use melted white chocolate to stick the shoe to the front of the cake board and cover the sides with a ribbon. That’s all there is to it. Happy caking.