This cake was for my step-daughter Madison, Madi for short. She was turning 13 (uh oh!) and one of her favorite things is Converse shoes! What a better cake than Converse Shoes that you can eat!
I wasn't quite sure as to how many people the shoes would feed but it turned out that one shoe fed 15 people. Needless to say she had a lot of cake leftover for her classmates at school to enjoy on Monday! It was a chocolate cake, her favorite, with vanilla buttercream filling and icing. Then I covered the cake with fondant and added fondant and gumpaste decorations to make it look like a pair of pink Converse shoes!
The shoelaces were fondant. I made them sparkle and shine with a vodka/shimmer dust mixture. Don't worry, the vodka evaporates very quickly making it 100% safe for those who are under the age of 21! :)
I had to put the #13 somewhere on this cake! I mean, becoming a TEENAGER is a big deal! In addition to how many years of life Madi has got under her belt, the shoes turned out to be a adult shoe size 13! What a coincidence!
The Converse logo also had to be present on this fabulous cake for a fabulous little, oops I mean, young girl! The white circle and black star are fondant but the writing was hand piped. Not an exact replica but it really added the extra umphf this cake needed to be 100% positively recognized as Converse Shoes.
And now for the big payoff.....
the birthday girl with her new shoes...
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Happy Birthday Madison!
"She loved the cake! It could not have been anymore perfect." -Rik P.
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