Esther - Designer Shoe Birthday Cake

This is an 11" x 7" chocolate biscuit cake, ordered by Bryan, for Esther's 40th birthday celebrations. The shoe was made by Karen Geraghty of Bake Cake Create (legendary sugar shoemaker) and is entirely edible.

The shoe that broke!

Sad sigh, Thought I'd show you the shoe that didn't make it lol. One of the perils of making a shoe is that they take rather a while to set and harden... anything up to a week depending on weather, humidity etc. This was just finished, having spent a week on top of the UPC box ... dries them out nicely and ..... well, I knocked it over and smashed it. Ill show you the bag properly and the wonderful shoe Karen Geraghty of Bake, Cake, Create provided for me so I wouldn't let down the customer in a moment.

Jackie - Mulberry Bag Birthday Cake

Ordered by Julie for her Mam's 50th birthday this is a carved 10" chocolate biscuit cake. It's based on the 'Alexa' (I would love a real one, in black please?).

The shoe was made by my wonderful friend Karen Geraghty of Bake, Cake Create. She kindly stepped in and gave me a shoe she had made for a class she taught. Kindly stepped in as I had, as you may have seen earlier in the week, broken my shoe to go along with this bag.

Everything is edible and handmade ... I wouldn't eat the shoe though as it is rather hard, despite being made entirely from sugar.

Shoes for Nikki

This is a two tiered cake made from a 12" chocolate biscuit cake. There is approx enough cake here to feed 200 people. Everything is edible including the shoe!

Birkin and Shoes . . . Happy Birthday Pamela

I love this cake, these cakes.  Loved the client.  A dream to work for as he knew exactly what he wanted.  The bag is made from a carved chocolate fudge cake and everything is edible.  The shoes are based on a design by Littlewoods and aren't edible.  They are made from Fimo and are designed to be kept.  The shoebox is made from our delicious chocolate biscuit cake.

New Shoes - this time for Claire

These were made for a friend of the Balbriggan Perfectionist.  Mo made a 10" chocolate biscuit cake and I made Claire's favourite shoes (of the moment).  The shoes are made from gelatine icing and have been decorated with edible gold leaf and sparkles.  Everything you see is edible except the ribbon holding the tag.

Shoes - The Suzy

A friend said that shoes are fast becoming my signature thing.  Here's another pair.  This was interesting as the shoes terrified me, started laughing when I got the photos off the client.  These were done as a 3D plaque as the idea is for you to keep them as a momento of your birthday party.  The cake is chocolate biscuit and is smaller than our usual shoebox cakes as it was only for 15 people.  The shoes are gelatine icing and the box, 'paper' and tags are all  made from fondant.

The Shoes themselves

 This is what I saw

More detail

 A very subtle hint at how old the lovely Suzanne is

The finished article

Sack of Potatoes

Once in a while you get asked to make a cake that baffles you.  We looked at all sorts of sacks before settling on a packet of Hunky Dory Crisps.  We were asked to make a sack of spuds for Joe's 60th birthday, an in-joke.  The cake is made from chocolate fudge and the potatoes and sack are fondant.  The grass is made from royal icing and the 'muck' is crumbled cake. 

The client said "Yeah, Niamh he absolutely loved it.  Had to beg him to let me cut it.  Everyone loved it, thanks again."

Chistian Louboutin, again only this time in red.

A 12" chocolate fudge cake, double layered with chocolate fudge frosting.  Covered in fondant and decorated with mexican modelling paste shoes.

Christian Louboutin Zipped Shoes

Hi Niamh and Bernie

Just to say thanks a million for my fabulous cake – it was absolutely AMAZING – definitely me. Everybody has commented on it and can’t believe the detail involved. Its my favourite-ist cake ever too!:)JJ

Thanks again ladies – you both rock

Breda x

A pair of shoes made from gelatin icing on a 10" Chocolate fudge cake. The sides of the cake are covered in fondant.