I made matching shoes and purse cake a year ago for my twin sister's birthday (yes, it was my birthday too, but I made the cake for her as a surprise).
The fondant on the purse cake was a homemade recipe I found on line...I am not sharing it because I will never make it again and I would not wish the experience on my worst enemy! lol
It turned out extremely soft, greasy, and had no stretch to it. At. All.
I was pleased with the glossy cake finish in the photo, but the tearing and repairing I had to do to get it to this point was crazy! By the time I had transported the cake to my sister's house, the purse strap had broken in about three places and I just gave up and pushed the ends to the back of the cake. :(
I have since, found a perfect recipe for homemade fondant using mini marshmallows. I will never use anything else again! Delicious flavor and the perfect elasticity for covering cakes of any shape and size.
The shoes are made of modelling chocolate with hand painted leopard print. I used our intials for the label on the inside of the shoe.
At the time, I had been practicing fondant/gumpaste roses, so I added one to the arrangement on the cake board. Some left over fondant was used to drape a "scarf" beside the cake, and I used a ruler and impression mat to give the cake board the look of a wood floor. I used a set of silicon letter stamps to imprint the message on the board before the fondant had time to set hard.
A little pearl luster dust finished off the display.
I have made a second shoe cake, just for a little more practice and to use a new heel mold I bought. I loved the mold and found it so much easier than trying to form two identical heels free hand like I had with the first cake. Here is my second attempt.
The cake was decorated like a hat box this time, just to keep it simple. It is covered in fondant with black modelling chocolate trim. The stiletto is also made of modelling chocolate.
I also got a chance to use my cameo and pearl molds on this one.
I took the cake to my daughter's workplace. The guys there devoured it, although I don't know how much they appreciated the stiletto on the cake. lol
