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Cake Decorating: Pillow Cake with Gumpaste Shoe
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Pillow Cake with Gumpaste Shoe

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Category: Cake Decorating

Type of item: Food

For: Girls

Style: Romantic, Cute


What was your inspiration?

I decided to try my hand at making a gumpaste shoe - always wanted to but just never got around to it. I think it turned out okay for a first attempt. Would do a few things different next time around. It's all edible except for the rhinestones I added for the "bling". The pillow is a chocolate cake with chocolate chips and fudge filling. I iced it in buttercream and added fondant stars and rope accents. I then hand painted the gold details. Thanks for looking! :)

Lisa

 

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sugarhipz on craftsy.com
Mar 29, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Love this
dawn1004336 on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Loved the cake, You did a terrific job. Loved the shoes, I would wear shoes that looked like that.
NessCraftyQueen on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
That is a stunning cake, I wouldn't mind a pair of shoes just like that!
sugarhipz on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Cute
Debster777 on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
How did you form the heel ? I can't see it, Great job for a first time!!!!
NessCraftyQueen on craftsy.com
Mar 08, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Stephen Benison from Artistry has lovely shoe and hat molds and templates for projects just like this if you're not good at estimating heights of heels and how to the brim of a hat right!
Patabiodun on craftsy.com
Mar 06, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Lisa! Oh my! How did u do the shoe? Did u use mold, gum paste or just fondant? Please let's know this is awesome. Waoh.
lisascakes on craftsy.com
Mar 07, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Hi and Thanks! I tried to reply a few minutes ago and it wouldn't let me so I don't know if my answer will show twice or not. To answer your question, the shoe was made of gumpaste and I cut it out using a pattern. You can google how to make a gumpaste shoe and you'll see the steps involved. It's not too difficult.
chocolate art on craftsy.com
Mar 06, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Lisa Awesome!!!! I love it!!! Is there Anything I can do about keeping the moisture from my fridge off the gumpaste and off the fondant? any thing? bag, box? and have you every frozen a finished rolled fondant cake before?
lisascakes on craftsy.com
Mar 06, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Hi, I never really have a issue with the fridge unless I'm using royal icing for something. This pillow cake was covered in buttercream, which loves the fridge. The trimwork and little flowers where fondant and other than them getting hard when cold, I don't have a issue. My gumpaste shoe did fine in the fridge for 3 days...I've never had a issue with gumpaste and my fridges...the only issue I might once in a blue moon run into is when the weather outside is in the 90 degrees or near 100 and I take a cake out of the fridge to deliver and then it's a issue with everything - buttercream, modeling chocolate, gumpaste, fondant..whatever it is melts! What issues are you having or what has happened to your gumpaste when you put it in the fridge?
inyang.ed1296446 on craftsy.com
Mar 03, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Lovely!did u use a pillow pan or or Shaped d pillow urself?
lisascakes on craftsy.com
Mar 06, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks! I used the pillow pans from Wilton.