High Heel Love - High Heel Cupcakes

No, you aren't looking at a shoe store display,

you are looking at cupcakes that are stepping out in style!

I definitely love high heels and feel like a beautiful

high heel is like a piece of art and

each of these fun cupcakes is a piece of

art too.

While we are waiting around for wedding pictures,

I had a fun afternoon with my oldest daughter

making these darling cupcake shoes

that you may have seen in 

Hello Cupcake.

The variations are endless and everyone wants to touch

them and taste them.

On this pair I actually used a big of bling left from the wedding

reception.  Obviously, this bit of decor is non-edible but

the rest of the cupcakes are all edible.

We had all kinds of fun trying out different

colors and creating unique shoe styles with

frosting, sanding sugars, chocolate clay and

candies.

Each pair is designed one at a time.  You start by

frosting the cupcakes.  I piped it on and then spread it out.

  

Then the 

cupcakes are dipped in a bowl of sanding sugars.

Place the frosted cupcake in the fridge for about

15 minutes to let the frosting harden, then

cut a small slit off the back of the cupcake where

you will place the sole. 

That small slit is filled with frosting to make the sole

stick to the cupcake.

The sole is a square of graham cracker that has

been cut with a short end about 3/4 inch wide

and tapering out to the other end of the cracker.  Dip the

crackers in melted candy melts which have been

dipped and placed on a parchment paper until dry.

Pipe frosting around the edge of the sole and dip it in 

matching sanding sugar.

Cut 2 pieces of Pirouline cookies about 2 1/4 inches

with one end flat and the other at a 45 degree angle.

Melt some white candy melts to stick these stilettos

onto the soles of the high heels.

So the steps are

1. frost the cupcakes

2. chill then slice a small piece off back of cupcake

3.  fill the back with frosting to make the sole stick

4. take a prepared sole and pipe it with frosting and

dip it in matching sugar

5.  place the sole into the back of the shoe

6.  meanwhile dip the angled end of the

Pirouline cookie into candy melt and

attach the stiletto heel

7. attach any decor

To make an open toe shoe just slice out a small round

and pipe frosting around the edge.

Bows are made with a stick of gum.  Heat

them in the microwave about 6 seconds to

soften if necessary.

The decor on these were made from white chocolate clay.

The Hello Cupcake cookbook

has much better instructions. 

This was just such a fun project.  

They are for

Baby Jacquelyn's First Birthday Party! 

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