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!
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.
♥ 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.
wonderful ! i think i should try for my husband who is a big Converse shoes fan !
Amazing!! Hats off to you….or should I say “shoes off”!!!
Love it!! So cute.
This is such an adorable birthday cake!! The shoes are unbelievably realistic… You are incredibly talented!
OMG ~ SOOO CUTE!!! I LOVE how you kept the old shoe next to you as you made the cake. You have such talent.
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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 😀
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.
Wow, that cake is FANTASTIC! The shoes look totally real! Awesome work…
These are just too stinking cute Alice… I am in LOVE! They are a perfect replica…. your talent is amazing! Thanks for sharing
-Natasha
Wow this cake looks amazing.
You are AMAZING! I wish I had that kind of creativity, plus they look so real. Nice job!
Those are just too cute, I know what cake I want for my next birthday!
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!
Girl.. is there anything you cant do??? I LOVE this!! Just beautiful!!
You are so talented!!!!!!
What an amazing cake!
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!!!
OMG, these sneakers cakes are so cute! Amazing work!
18!?!?
That is the most incredible cake I have ever seen. I have never heard of anything like it!
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!
Amazing work! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
it was AMAZING! 🙂
wow….that is a work of art! hats off to you for daring and doing such a cake!
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.