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Post by rach on Nov 15, 2006 5:30:15 GMT -2
Hi everyone I know Emma you have done this ..I have an order for one....can you give me any tips to make my life easier with the shoe and also with the cushion..not sure how to put the paste on..on the underside of the cushion and get it to look neat....  Would love some tips please Rach x |
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Post by dkcrooby on Nov 15, 2006 5:54:47 GMT -2
I'd be interested to hear too Rach, I haven't a clue!
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Post by emmascakes.co.uk on Nov 15, 2006 6:13:23 GMT -2
I have tonsillitis at the moment so am feeling pretty rough. I'll do my best with instructions - they can also be found in Colette Peter's book - cakes to dream on, although she doesn't have a shoe.
Cushions - make two square cakes for each cushion and allow each to rise in a nice dome - gives the curve of the cushion. Then you might need to trim it a little - particularly to emphasise the sharper corners. Sandwich them together with buttecream and coat with buttercream.
Lay a square of fondant over the top and tuck it under like you're making a bed. You can get it to fold neatly underneath with no creases - but it's a lot easier to fold it like a parcel and just cut the excess off. Smoothing it down and patterning it will make the creases go away. It IS very hard to get it to stick on the underside - you just have to come and push the fondant to the cake again every fifteen minutes or so until it's staying put.
Sit the cake on a square board - do this for each cake and stack as usual if you have a stack of cushions - obviously not if you've only got one.
The shoe is made from pastillage. I drew a sort of bone shape on the pastillage for the sole - I looked at a high heeled shoe and just guess it. Then I dried this in a curve on some plasticine that I'd shaped. I modelled the heel by hand. Then the strap across the toe and the heel part I cut by looking at my high heel shoe and stuck it all together. I'm sorry this sounds so vague - I'm a kind of 'do it and see' girl and don't generally plan stuff very carefully!
Hope this helps, let me know if you have more questions.
p.s. there are several cutters on the market for 3D shoes and handbags - but they are small - like doll shoes
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Post by rach on Nov 15, 2006 10:23:45 GMT -2
thanks....will give it a try
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Post by marjycat on Nov 15, 2006 11:53:38 GMT -2
Have a look at Lindy's website - there is a picture of her cinderella slipper on a cushion. The details are in her Storybook Cake. I have the shoe mould, but not tried using it so far. www.lindyscakes.co.uk/StorybookCakes.htm |
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Post by dkcrooby on Nov 16, 2006 5:58:06 GMT -2
Hey Rach, have you seen the latest cake central newsletter? It's got a step by step guide on making a cushion cake!!
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Post by rach on Nov 16, 2006 7:27:48 GMT -2
yep just seen it....lol..must have read my mind.................
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Post by dkcrooby on Nov 16, 2006 10:25:39 GMT -2
Sorry Emma, didn't even acknowledge you not being well! I believe it's a horrible thing to have and luckily I haven't had the misfortune of it yet. Hope you feel better soon.
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