I am about to do my first shoe. I want to make it in black so I have to use black fondant because gumpaste can't really be tinted a real black. So my question is: do I use tylose on the fondant in order to have it harden like gumpaste? or what can I use?
Thanks
Dina

i'd try tylose powder

Somebody please explain the shoe fad for me. I put my foot in my mouth enough as it is! Why would I want a shoe on a cake? Not being critical...I really don't get the attraction.

Shoes are a thing of beauty!

i have dyed gum paste completely black in the past using the gel colors. you should give it a try

I just uploaded a prada shoe cake today... http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2052514
I used fondant with tylose for the heel, but I was able to airbrush the shoe black. I love tylose powder, especially now that it's getting so humid here!

So how much tylose if I choose to use it? I will give the coloring a try but I tried it with fondant and I couldn't get it black.

Dina

I guess I used about a tsp of tylose?.. I'm in Buffalo, so not too far from you, and it was incredibly humid here last wk when I made mine. With the tylose it was dry within the day I made it.

thanks foxymomma. It is quite hot here this week. I thought I might need a lot more than that. so thanks for the tip.

Dina

Good luck!

Can someone post a tutorial on how to make a closed shoe, please??????

Foxymomma521, I love your cake, the design, everything!!!
How did you do the letters?

Thank You
There's a few things I would change, (like the tissue paper and the fondant on the box), but I ran out of time
I printed out edible images for the lettering. It was surprisingly hard to find the "Prada" logo on google images. I don't know if the Prada people do that on purpose?
Thanks again for the compliment