Twenty to Make: Mini Sugar Shoes

Frances McNaughton

Sujets

• Cakes
• Cake
• Cake (gâteau)

Informations

• Publié par: Search Press
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781781260500
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Frances McNaughton’s sugarcraft books have become international bestsellers. She has been a tutor and demonstrator for many years, teaching all aspects of sugarcraft to students from beginner to advanced level. She travels all over Europe providing demonstrations and workshops for exhibitions, shops, groups and clubs and has fans in the US, Australia and New Zealand through her online tutorials and sugarcraft products. Frances has made sugarcraft props for the films Notting Hill, Chocolat, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and three of the Harry Potter films.


First published in Great Britain 2012

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Dedication
To Mike, Annie and Anne for their constant support.




Contents
Introduction
Materials and tools
Butterfly Shoes
Ballet Shoes
Kitten Slipper
Frilly Bootees
Strappy Sandal
Flip Flops
Baby Sneakers
Football Boots
Elf Boots
Patriotic Platforms
Roman Sandals
Zebra Wedge
Sheepskin Boot
Leopard Shoe
Dorothy Shoes
Black Brogue
Purple Lace Sandal
Men’s Slippers
Patent Party Shoe
Diagonal Sandal


Introduction

Shoes have been a fashionable decoration on cakes for quite a long time but, with the increase in embellishments for cupcakes, these tiny shoes have become very popular.
The shoes shown here have taken on a life of their own since I developed the method of using squares and circles to cut the various pieces for the shoes several years ago. Using cutters when making such tiny models helps with the shaping, as it minimises the amount of handling needed. Templates for the soles are included below for those who prefer to work from scratch.
The methods shown here can all be expanded to add tiny adjustments of your own using different embossers, cutters and colours to design your own shoes. As they are so small, they are relatively quick to make, and do not need to be made with very much detail. Why not personalise each shoe with your own initial? I painted the ‘F’ on some of the shoes using pearl or metallic powder food colours mixed with alcohol, using a very fine brush.
Although I made the shoes in sugar for this book, the methods could easily be adapted for use with other, non-edible, modelling media; for example polymer clay and air-drying clay. Fans of dolls’ houses could also make use of them.
I hope you have fun.


Templates for the shoe soles.



Materials and tools

You can make the sugar shoes using your usual sugarcraft materials and tools. You can buy the cutters for the shoe soles, which I have used, but you could use the templates provided instead.


Materials
Non-stick workboard
Full-strength confectioner’s varnish
Piping gel
Ready-coloured flower paste
Mexican paste (or use the recipe below)
Sugarpaste
Pearl and metallic edible powder food colours
Edible glitter
Edible stars
Tiny silver sugar balls
Small compartment craft box
Food colouring


Mexican paste is a sugar modelling paste made with gum, which makes it stronger and allows it to be rolled out thinly. It dries slowly, going leathery before it dries hard. It is available commercially or can be made using the following recipe.
Mexican paste recipe
Place 225g (8oz) icing sugar into a bowl. Add three 5ml teaspoons of gum tragacanth. Mix the dry ingredients together. Add six 5ml teaspoons of cold water. Stir by hand until it becomes crumbly but damp enough to bind together. Add a little more water if too dry, or icing sugar if too wet. Turn out on to a worktop and knead until pliable. Place in a plastic food bag and leave at room temperature for twelve hours until firm.
Break off a small piece and knead between your palms. Continue kneading between your fingers. Repeat until all the paste is softened. The paste can be used straight away.
Store paste in an airtight container at room temperature, never in the fridge. If you have leftover paste, wrap each piece in cling film and place all of the pieces into a plastic food bag and place them in the freezer. Defrost only the quantity required for using. Smaller pieces will defrost more quickly.
Note: Mexican paste and flower paste can also be coloured by adding strong paste food colours. When making dark colours, the paste can become very soft, which is why I like to use ready-coloured black, red and purple paste.
Tools
Small non-stick rolling pin This is used for rolling out the paste.
Design wheel For adding large stitch and zigzag patterns and lines.
Quilting tool For adding small stitch patterns.
Cutting wheel This is used for cutting shapes from rolled paste.
Dresden tool This is used for marking holes, shaping paste and pressing on fluff or wool without flattening it.
Dogbone/ball tool For shaping the paste into rounded or cupped shapes.
Small fine palette knife This is used for releasing paste from the work surface and for cutting and marking lines.
Waterbrush/small paintbrush and water Used for dampening the paste before attaching pieces.
Petal veiner tool This is used to frill the Frilly Bootees .
Dowel The shoe soles are laid over a pen or pencil, acting as a dowel to create the high-heeled shape.
Small sharp pointed scissors For trimming ends of paste.
Tiny butterfly embosser Used to create a design on the Butterfly Shoes .
Real lace This was used to create the pattern on the Purple Lace Sandal . You could use a fine lace embosser if you have one.
Shoe sole, circle, square, ovals, leaf/petal, small fluted oval, heart and tiny star cutters
Dusting brush For applying edible powder food colour; I use a small blusher brush.
Music stave cutter For cutting out ribbon shapes.
Tea strainer/sieve Used to create fluff by pushing sugarpaste through the mesh.
Number one piping tube For embossing little holes.
Multi-mould with tiara, tiny flower and bow




Butterfly Shoes

Materials:
Mexican paste/flower paste
White pearl edible powder food colour


Tools:
Small non-stick rolling pin
4cm (1½in) shoe sole cutter
2cm (¾in) heart cutter
Tiny butterfly embosser
2cm (¾in) and 1.5cm ( 5 ⁄ 8 in) circle cutters
Dowel
Dresden tool
Music stave cutter
Dusting brush
Small fine palette knife
Small sharp pointed scissors
Waterbrush/small paintbrush and water



Instructions: