I received an email on Thursday from a friend saying she had a friend who wanted a 'slipper' cake made for the coming Saturday, i.e. 1.5 days away! I was on my way out to a PTA meeting, because I do get involved in things that aren't cake related - honestly. Anyway, no email from said friend so I presumed she'd found one somewhere else. Roll on Friday morning. I got the email... 'Can you make a cake for me and I need it for 6pm tomorrow night?' I called the lady and had a chat and was all set to tell her no way totally impossible but she sounded lovely so guess what??? Yip, Friday I baked a 1/2 sheet marble cake, filled it with scrummy vanilla buttercream and carved it into a slipper. Now thankfully it was just a regular 'pj's' type slipper and not an intricate cinderella-esque one or I may have still been working on it now. Anyway, a white slipper with black and hot pink was ordered. Here's what I came up with.....
Of course I could have stuck with plain fondant stripes but where's the fun in that, this is for a sassy 6 year old (I have one of those myself!), so 1/2 drum of black sanding sugar 1.5 hrs and a hell of a mess later, the cake was finished. I did take a dry soft artist brush and gently sweep the stray bits of sugar off the white areas (I know, I think I'm slightly OCD but I can assure you it's only where the cakes are concerned, don't ever look in my closet!) but soon realised I was fighting a losing battle.
Pick up is in the next hour or so, just hope she likes it!
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