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On the 28th of January I celebrated my 28th birthday. I've heard that's called your golden birthday, when you turn the same age as they day you were born. So I guess I celebrated my golden birthday.
I share a birthday with my friend Tamera, so we opted to have a dual celebration. Obviously a good cake was in order!
It all started with the cakes themselves, of course. I did my own version of a black forest cake for the bottom shoe box and a butter cake with maple cream for the top shoe box.
Here are the cakes iced in the fridge:
Getting square corners: always a challenge.
By 3 AM Friday night, I had everything stacked.
Making enough room in the fridge: also always a challenge. And I have 3 refrigerators. Don't judge. ;)
A good sexy cake requires a good sexy new gum paste stiletto!
This stiletto features Sugarveil lace airbrushed black to create the mesh effect between the straps.
The cake took way too long to complete, but I was very happy with the final product, and I had a great time celebrating with friends.
Hope you enjoy! And boy do I hope I graduate soon... :)
That looks fantastic! How do you stack them like that?
ReplyDeleteI just love coming to your blog to see what new creations you have up. I'm a baker(in real life), but I'm a terrible cake decorator. I think I overthink a lot of stuff. I really like the way you create your shoes and was wondering if you had a dvd on how to make. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLooks Great Roxanne!! Love your shoe designs. I just hear about http://www.craftsy.com/. You could totally do a class on gum paste shoes!
ReplyDeleteDid you use styrofoam to separate your box tops from the bottoms? If so did you wrap it in plastic wrap or anything?
I love the shoebox cake with shoe on top! You are so amazing, Roxanne!
ReplyDeleteRoxanne.. I saw your shoes today at Nicholas Lodge and I had to ask Molly about them. She told me about your blog!! A~MAE~ZING!!!! Happy Belated Birthday.. Cake is fab :)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! @Karin, hopefully will be teaching some more shoes once I graduate.
ReplyDelete@mommagotsuga, I also have it on my to-do list to make a DVD for a shoe class, but I need the time to do the prepping.
I did use styrofoam to hold up the lids. I covered the cake with a little parchment before putting on the styrofoam.
What did you use in between the box and the lid? Is that cloth or is that something edible.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I was looking at some of your other shoes you made historically, how did you decide you prefer the gum paste over the modeling chocolate?
Not cloth-- more gum paste!
ReplyDeleteFor shoes, I've always used gum paste. I think it would be hard to do a stiletto with modeling chocolate, and would have less structural integrity. I also like the surface finish of the gum paste-- can be made to look more like fabric.
This looks fantastic! And you did such an awesome job covering! I cry every time I have to try and cover corners! And holy moly I love that sexy shoe!
ReplyDeleteHow did you place your supports for this? I have a similar cake for Saturday and am super stressed about it! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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