The large number of requests for a converse shoe got it to the top of the list.

So today we will make this shoe, I am making it fairly small, it's enough for about 14

people. If you want to enlarge it you can just enlarge the template.

Firstly print the template and you can get that and all the recipe details on the website

howtocookthat.net and I'll put a link in the description just below this video.

Bake 1 1/2 times the recipe for the chocolate cake in two trays. And you will have about

half of a tray left over which you can use for something else. And mix a double quantity

of the chocolate buttercream recipe and mix that until it is nice and smooth.

Once your cakes are cooked and cooled then you can level off the tops and we're ready

to start. Place your sole shaped template onto the cake

and cut around it, and then cut out two more so you have three altogether.

On a cake board put a small amount of frosting that just stops the cake from slipping off

and add your first layer. Spread some buttercream over that so that

it is even and level then add another on on top. And then do that again with another layer

of buttercream and another layer of cake. Add the side template to the side of the cake

so you can see where you are up to. Put the sole back on top and then fold it at the point

where the side template is joining the cake so that you can cut smaller pieces of cake

to stack on top of that. Cut around the smaller piece a couple of times

and stack it on top. Put your template up next to it and cut out

the shape of the shoe just going along the template there.

Now when you look at it from the top you can see the edges are sharp corners, we want to

round that off using your knife. Shave off a little bit at a time so you end up with

a nice rounded shoe shape. Once you are happy with it cover the whole

thing in butter cream, you can use a piping bag to almost like colour it in and then smooth

it out with your spatula to make it nice and smooth. Once you are happy with it place it

in the fridge.

Now to make all the details that we need find two things that are the size shown on the

template I am using piping tips. Cut out the middle circle and then the outer circle to

make the grommets for the shoe. Then keep going make more and more and more because

you need 20 of these, perhaps make a couple of extra just in case why not.

Roll out some more white and cut out a circle in the size shown on the template. Take a

slightly smaller cutter and brush using blue gel food colouring around the top edge of

it, And then just very gently place it onto your circle and pull it back off and it leaves

that nice blue circle on there. Roll out some dark blue and use the start

to cut out a star and then very carefully pick it up and place it in the centre of the

circle. use your knife to straighten up the edges of the star and make sure it all looks

good. Take some red gel food colouring and a tiny

paint brush and paint on the letters. Look at the picture andsee where each letter is

in reference to the points on the star and that will help with the spacing it out and

getting it in the right place or roughly in the right place.

Then add in the other details, an even finer paint brush would help here because it is

so small. Then leave those to dry out. They are only small so they are not going to take

long.

Back to our cake first we want to cover the top. Cut a piece of black a little larger

than you need and then drape it over the top. Use your fingers to smooth the sides so there

are no lumps, it should be level with the buttercream because we don't want to see a

bump when we put our side fondant on there. Gently roll the rolling pin on the top to

smooth it out you don't push down here you're just gently rolling.

Make yourself a cardboard support and cover it in non-stick baking paper so the fondant

won't stick to it. Then place that gently on top of the shoe to support the tongue fondant

when we put it on top. Roll out some black and some cream fondant

and then cut a piece of cream a little bit larger than the top part of the tongue. Place

it onto the black and then cut all the way around the template.

Carefully lift it up and with the cream coloured side down place it onto the cake. You want

the tongue to sit above the top of the cake there, just resting on the support we made.

The rest can just go down over the cake, smooth it on and trim around the base. Then on the

edges where you've got it just push it into the buttercream again just like we did with

the top bit so it's level with the buttercream so you don't get that bump.

Now cut out the side of the shoe template and then add a strip of cream fondant to the

top edge of it. Use a dress makers stitch tool or a spike

wheel it is called sometimes and roll that along so it looks like a line of stitching.

Take an extra strip of cream and place it along the rest of the top edge You could line

the whole thing with cream fondant but I didn't want the fondant to be that thick.

Add it to the side of the cake, again you want the top to come above the level of the

actual cake and rest on the cardboard. It should come around and overlap the tongue

part and come down the side but all the way to the toe it is about and inch back form

the end of the shoe. Smooth it down to the base and then trim it off using a knife. Then

repeat that on the other side of the shoe. Place a strip of white fondant straight across

the toe, smooth it down and trim around the base. Then use your knife to carefully trim

around where the side pieces are it shouldnt overlap them it needs to come off.

For the back of the heel cut a strip of black and run the spike wheel along the length twice

on each side like a double row of stitching. Make sure the top of it is straight and then

add it to the back of the shoe trimming it off at the bottom.

Before we go any further I wan to cover the cake board. Roll out some fondant and cut

one side of your shoe out of it, then add it to the board. You can do this in whatever

colour you like, I am going with wood but you can go with bright colours or whatever

you want. Trim off the excess from around the edge of the board and in the same way

add a piece to the other side. Use a clean ruler to mark indents for the

floor boards. Then use a knife and mark a long eye shape. Then run your knife along

the length of the wood going around that eye shape. Continue that pattern making extra

knots in the wood as you go. On your template it shows you the thickness

of the white strip that we need, so cut a long strip that is that size. Add a little

water to the fondant to help it stick and then wrap it around the base of the shoe,

use your finger to smooth it out. Cut your second strip of white to the size

shown and then add a really thin strip of black to the middle. You will need a tiny

bit of water on the white to make it stick, but not too much or it will slide off.

Add that strip around the base of your shoe, it doesn't go around the toe so start at one

side of the toe. Now to make the bit that does go around the

front toe bit. Roll out some more white and using the end of the ruler make diaganol imprints

all the way up, then turn the ruler 90 degrees and make imprints going across to make diamond

shapes all the way down. Then use the ruler to squash and flatten one edge and get rid

of that diamond pattern. Take your knife and make diaganol stripes along that strip. Repeat

that on the other side of the strip this time a little wider.

On the cake trim off the black a few centimeters back from where the side black comes down

near the toe there. Add a little water and then add on the front toe strip with the wider

pattern at the base.

Now evenly space 8 holes for the shoe laces and then so just roughly measure where you

think they are going to sit and then once you're sure you're int eh right spot poke

holes in the shoe. Add then add those little white circles that we made earlier on top

one at a time all the way up the sides.

Now for our shoe laces, you can roll these out by hand and cut a thin strip but if you

have a fondant extruder use that because it is easier to get it even. squeeze together

one end and push it into the hole. Place it across and push it in on the other side. Trim

your next bit on a diaganol and add it next to the side piece. Then take it across to

the next hole. and continue that all the way up the shoe. At the top make a long lace tuck

it under the top edge, then give it a twist or two and let it drape down the shoe. Pinch

in the end and roll it between you fingers to make the end bit of the shoe lace do you

know what that little plastic bit is called? See if you can guess. I'll put the answer

on the blog post if you are curious. And of course add another lace on the other side.

I didn't lace right up to the top grommet, you can if you like.

Using some water attach two more grommets to the side of your shoe and then poke a hole

through the middle. Now for stitching run the spike wheel along the edge in two rows

then take a fine paintbrush with white food colouring and paint along those rows so it

looks like a stitching line. Do that down the side of the shoe too and then use some

water to add the label to the side of your shoe there and you have your converse shoe

cake. You could of course use different colour fondant to make the shoe a different colour.

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