Isaiah
Here is a fun fact about me you don’t know. I have eighteen nieces and nephews with one more due to arrive in May. Isn’t that crazy? The youngest of them is Isaiah. He is such a great kid and I am so proud to be his Auntie! Yesterday my sister and brother-in-law hosted a fabulous party celebrating his 1 yr Birthday with 150 of their closest friends and family. Part of my birthday gift to my sweet nephew was to make a small birthday cake he could eat all to himself. When trying to come up with ideas on what type of cake to make I had a difficult time trying to “figure it out”. There was no theme for the party other than the colors yellow and grey. I also wanted to come up with a design complimenting the style of Isaiah and his parents. My nephew has the cutest Converse All-Star sneakers and when I saw them last week I instantly knew I had found my inspiration. I asked if I could bring his shoes home with me and from there I started to make mental notes of how I would re-create them.
Actual Converse Shoes
The cake version had to be a realistic (as possible) replica of his shoes to scale. I textured fondant to make the shoes have a canvas type of appearance. I painted edible silver metallic paint for lace eyelets and used food coloring pens to write Isaiah’s name and to draw a black line around the base of the shoe. I tried to make some of the seams look frayed and the cake itself were 3 cupcakes (per shoe) bonded together by buttercream frosting and carved to look like Isaiah’s shoe.
After attaching the last eyelet I took a step back and just beamed with happiness. The shoes were better than I could have hoped for. I quickly took a picture with my phone and sent it to my sister. She texted me immediately afterward sharing her excitement about the finished cake. By the time I cleaned up the kitchen I was so tired I accidentally grabbed the cakes believing they were the real shoes and stayed up a little longer fixing whatever it was that needed fixing as a result.. oops!
Isaiah tearing into his birthday cake
My sister sent me this picture of Isaiah eating his birthday shoe this morning. I’m told there is video as well and I can’t wait to see it. Anyway, I wanted to share with you a clever idea for a kids birthday cake. I plan on doing a more detailed tutorial of how I made this cake in the future eventually, stay tuned!
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That’s an insanely good replica of the shoes! I thought the first pic was of real ones, the way you made the canvas and it’s fraying is unbelievable! Wish I had a fraction of your cake-making talent. I really would love to see how you make these. I’ve started facing my cake-fears head-on recently and made a simple fondant cake for–who else–my nephew! I cannot believe you have that many nieces and nephews. Crazy! I need more so I can practice making cakes. Haha.
Thanks for showing us your creation. I’m so inspired to make another.
Btw, where do you get your fondant? One of the employees at Whole Foods by Redmond told my dad about a place by Roosevelt. Just wondering where I can get some good (local, as far as Seattle area goes) ones.
Thanks Joy! I get most my cake supplies at Home Cake on Roosevelt Way and 95th st. in Maple Leaf. It is a small family owned store that has been around longer than I am in age. Griel is the owner and her mother who is deceased started the small shop. I buy my fondant from her.. she buys in bulk and repackages it selling it by the pound. She prefers you pay in cash because the credit card fees impact her a great deal since the store is so small but she does accept credit cards.
wow….that is a work of art! hats off to you for daring and doing such a cake!
it was AMAZING!
18!?!?
That is the most incredible cake I have ever seen. I have never heard of anything like it!
Those are amazing!! At first glance, I couldn’t figure out why you had put frosting inside a shoe! I can’t wait for the tutorial!!!
You are so talented!!!!!!
What an amazing cake!
Amazing work! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those are just too cute, I know what cake I want for my next birthday!
Oh my gosh this is incredible! I can’t even begin to attempt it but it’s the cutest thing I’ve seen in a while!
OMG, these sneakers cakes are so cute! Amazing work!
Girl.. is there anything you cant do??? I LOVE this!! Just beautiful!!
This is such an adorable birthday cake!! The shoes are unbelievably realistic… You are incredibly talented!
Dear Auntie Alice,
Thank you so much for the yummy cake! At first I was confused when Mommy tried to feed me my shoe. But it was so tasty I screamed! I love you, Auntie Alice!
You are AMAZING! I wish I had that kind of creativity, plus they look so real. Nice job!
Love it!! So cute.
Wow this cake looks amazing.
These are just too stinking cute Alice… I am in LOVE! They are a perfect replica…. your talent is amazing! Thanks for sharing
-Natasha
Those are sooooo cute! I have 20 nieces and nephews (#21 is due in August, and just for the record, my husband and I have only four siblings between the two of us), but sadly for them, they will never receive such cute birthday cakes from me. Knitted hats, yes. Shoe birthday cakes, no.
Wow, that cake is FANTASTIC! The shoes look totally real! Awesome work…
Holy cow Alice, that’s a seriously impressive cake. It reminds me of my old skool yellow, high-tops. Love it!
I didn’t introduce myself to you on Saturday since my husband and I were practicing being mom and dad to our friends’ kids for the day, but we were totally blown away by your cake!!! Amazing attention to detail and such a terrific reflection of J&J and Isaiah. I think “our” toddler was playing around your toddler for a bit; he seems really sweet and funny.
I’m awestruck! What a lucky boy Isaiah is. I’ve been eyeing those real converse for a while, too – they’re cute on their own as well
Oh this is spectacular!! You did amazing with the cake
OMG ~ SOOO CUTE!!! I LOVE how you kept the old shoe next to you as you made the cake. You have such talent.
LOVE the new header – it’s so vibrant.
P.S. are you going to BlogHERfood10 this year? I signed up – so if you are I am definitely making sure we meet this year
Oh. My. Goodness. It’s a Chuckcake.
You’re incredible.
Amazing!! Hats off to you….or should I say “shoes off”!!!
wonderful ! i think i should try for my husband who is a big Converse shoes fan !
♥ Those are the cutest cake shoes I’ve ever seen! What a lovely auntie you are. All 18 of your nieces & nephews are very lucky to have you.
Alice, you have done it again. Blown me away with another fantastic post. I first looked at the photo when I came on the site, and said, “Sneakers? What is Alice up to, now?” Then I read the title, and had to read on.
I seriously thought that the sneaker replica was real. I honestly don’t know how you do it! You are one busy person. Taking care of your kids, cooking, baking, blogging, doing other chores, writing, and then making this cake! Alice, you are really someone that I look up to because I can relate to you in so many ways.
Anyway, I am not going to get all gooshy in public. I’ll just commend you for an excellent job, and for being a great auntie!
Great post!
Alice, you are so creative! WOW! I can completely believe you when you said you mistook the cake for the real one! It is just SO good! PERFECT aunt!
You are so talented! Just the idea alone to use the shoes as inspiration for the cake is wonderful. But then you made them look like they could slip right on your feet. So cute!
Your creativity and talent blow me away—seriously!
That is incredible!
Alice … amazing! I love it. I so want to learn how to work with fondant! Not that I have patience to ever make anything but cut out flowers!
Wow, 18 and counting!….and, what an amazing creation! Your nephew, Isaiah, is just precious
Really? Could you just be anymore talented? Those are amazing! You have spectacular skill. Can’t let my kids see this or they’ll think they’ve been missing out, ha ha.
OMG! Found you on foodgawker. These might be the most amazing things I have ever seen. Great job! I am wearing my grey converse today!
These are adorable; just like the real thing… but I bet they taste a lot better
It’s so cute. I and My children love it .Thank you for sharing.
I can’t believe you MADE this, you are sooo seriously creative and talented! You are someone I truly look up to and admire!! My nephew wore white converse sneakers with a grey suit for his 1 year old birthday so this totally reminded me of that!!
You did an AMAZING job on these shoes!!! Wow. I wish I had half as much talent as you. Happy birthday to sweet, little Isaiah! I hope you can share the video! He’s too cute.
This is AWESOME! I would have cried with pride if I was the one who made it. I saw Isaiah’s note to his Auntie Alice too, so funny and sweet!
The cutest cake ever made, that is all:)
You take the cake! Lovely original idea, and so very personalized. Great job, Alice!
By far the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Brilliant.
Love how you took an everyday thing but something meaningful to Isaiah/parents and replicated it so well I would have picked up the cake by mistake too! Really special, and a really nice Auntie! Look forward to seeing how you put it together.
I’m pretty adventurous when it comes to this kind of thing I cannot even begin to wrap my head around this cake! Wow. WOW.
Uch. I know I’m going to end up trying this, which will result in me sobbing in a muddled heap on the kitchen floor in the middle of the night.
Cutest cake ever!
Those are awesome!
Hi!
You are so talented! Do you do baby shower ice cream cakes? My daughter is having a shower in July… I would like to see some of your ideas! Thank you… Janie
Thanks everyone for your sweet comments about Isaiah’s birthday cake. I plan on doing a more detailed tutorial in the future as well as other cake tutorials.
Janie: I’ve done a similar types of cakes where I make baby booties out of cupcakes which look woven. I’m not sure if I’ll be doing any of them soon, but perhaps next time I make cupcakes I’ll save a few and do a tutorial on the booties. Not sure when I plan on doing an ice cream cake, but they are fairly easy to make. I’ll keep your request in mind and perhaps I’ll make one in the near future as well.
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