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{Kids Birthday Cake Idea} Converse Sneakers Cake

Last update: July 18, 2016 By Alice Currah 91 Comments

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!

Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: Cake Decorating, Converse, fondant, kids birthday cakes

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Comments

  1. Sally Sonderson says

    December 8, 2014 at 6:23 am

    Wow! All the cakes are just great!

  2. Wicked Goodies says

    March 27, 2013 at 6:41 am

    Nicely done! Very realistic-looking 🙂

  3. eiersatz says

    August 16, 2012 at 4:53 am

    This cake is amazing, I am really speechless! This is such a fantastic work, wonderful findant and I can imagine the happy boy’s face!

  4. TTY says

    June 16, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    You coped my idea

  5. get homework answers says

    March 19, 2012 at 5:03 am

    those sneakers look very tasty

  6. Rachael says

    March 12, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    This is just great! I was wondering what you used on the bottom for the sole of the shoe? Is it fondant or fondant gumpaste ratio?

  7. Brighton Baker says

    November 25, 2011 at 4:13 am

    Wow I love these – they are so cute! Definitely going to take some inspiration from you x

  8. Paula says

    November 21, 2011 at 12:46 am

    Hi Alice,

    Do you have the tutorial on how to make this sneaker ? I would love love to learn from you.
    Thanks

  9. alice says

    August 27, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Hi Jewel, I actually do not bake cakes for sale anymore. However, maybe you could print off the picture to a local bakery and see if they can replicate it.

  10. jewel pearson says

    August 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    hi my name is jewel pearson this sept 16 2011 is my fiance’s birthday and we are needing a purple high top converse cake can u help and if so how much will u charge

  11. Lorie says

    August 24, 2011 at 11:56 am

    wow this is amazing !!! very cute..

  12. kortnie says

    August 19, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    I was wondering when you are going to post the tutorial to make this? I would love to know the details to make this for my nieces first birthday.

  13. Angy says

    July 21, 2011 at 4:32 am

    That’s a fantastic idea, cakes look so natural, from pictures at the beginning I thought that you were putting a cake into snickers and only after I read the article I understood.

  14. Megan Gordon says

    April 13, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Oh my god, what a lucky little guy. This cake is phenomenal, Alice! So impressed!!!!

  15. Jenipher says

    April 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    Wow! THIS cake it GREAT!! I love it. 😀

  16. Soyon says

    April 9, 2010 at 1:06 pm

    Wow… really, amazing.

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