Excessive Heel Cupcakes! The key to creating them excellent!

Okay, all you lovers of excessive heels! I’ve acquired a number of requests from our followers on Fb that I share a tutorial on these excessive heel cupcakes I made final week, so right here it’s!

So cute, proper?!

My buddy initially obtained this excessive heel cupcakes concept from flipping by our native newspaper, The Denver Put up. Go determine! We knew it might be excellent for the woman’s celebration we have been having. I’ve additionally been instructed by a number of readers that yow will discover an superior shoe tutorial on this ebook, Cupcakes, Cookies, and Pies, Oh, My.   BUT…that is the key that what’s labored for me- see directions under.  These take a while to make, however are a number of enjoyable, particularly in the event you’re making them with pals.

You prepared? Let’s begin on excessive heel cupcakes!

Step One: Cupcakes

Bake your cupcakes. Take into account, the liners you decide would be the backside of your shoe. Generally I bake with double liners, in order that the liner’s coloration is extra vibrant.

You’re then going to wish to frost your cupcakes.

You need to use coordinating colours to go together with your cupcake liners, or change it up, nonetheless you’d like.

I first whipped up my frosting, after which I used this superior meals coloring to vary the colours of my frosting. The nice half is, you solely want a drop of these things. The colour goes a great distance!

This subsequent half is enjoyable. Assemble your sprinkes and enhance away!

I discovered that holding the cupcake and dipping it the other way up into your sprinkles works very well if you’d like full sprinkle protection.

You too can sprinkle them together with your hand. Be as artistic as you need!

Completed? Good! Let’s transfer on to the subsequent a part of the shoe.

Step Two: Arches

Take a graham cracker and reduce (or break) it in half. Place your graham cracker on a slicing board. Utilizing a knife, flip it diagonally, and reduce about 3/4″ to an inch off of every nook, barely tapering it.

For my part that is the toughest half. Don’t get discouraged in the event you break a number of. The trick for me was to brace the total cracker in a single hand, whereas swifly slicing the corners off in a single quick swipe.

If you’re completed, your cookie will look much like a tie. It’s tremendous if it’s not reduce completely, these are very forgiving and can look nice when you cowl them with chocolate.

I’ve heard nutter butters, or Pepperidge Farms milano cookies would work as nicely, however I’ve by no means tried it.

For the coloured half within the arches, you will want this superior invention known as sweet melts.

Soften them within the microwave in 10 sec. increments. Stir after every time till it’s easy and melted. Don’t be afraid if it is advisable reheat alongside the way in which.

Dip one aspect of the graham cracker into the melted sweet melts and easy the surplus chocolate with a knife, spoon or spatula. Don’t fear if it’s not completely easy. Mine have been reasonably wavy, and so they turned out tremendous. As soon as once more, you solely have to cowl one aspect.

I used these sweet melts for mine. You’ll find them in many alternative colours, so as soon as once more you possibly can select to coordinate it together with your liners and frosting.

When you’ve dipped your cracker within the chocolate, lay them on a sheet of wax paper to dry.

The wonderful thing about sweet melts, is that they dry reasonably rapidly. You’ll be able to even pace up the method by sticking them within the fridge.

Subsequent, you’ll pipe frosting alongside the sides of your cracker. You need to use a piping bag and tip, otherwise you may be skilled like me and use a ziplock bag. 😉 Needless to say you might be piping on FROSTING, not your sweet melts. I simply used the left-over frosting from my cupcakes. As soon as once more, don’t fear in case your piping job is uneven. We’ll repair that.

 After you’ve gotten piped your frosting, you possibly can dip the cracker in sprinkles to offer it a pleasant completed look. Place again in your wax paper to dry, or in the event you’re in a rush you possibly can connect the heel first after which let it dry.

Now can be the time to put some other sweet on the arch that you could be want to have. (See pics of completed sneakers under.)

Step Three: Heels

For the heels, you will want a bundle of cookie sticks.

Pirouettes, or Oreo Enjoyable Stix work nice.

Lower the cookie in half, after which reduce one aspect at an angle. Your arch will sit on the angled portion.

When you’re prepared to connect your arch and heel, take a knife, or spoon, and gently press down a few 1/2 inch (or larger, relying on what you discover works for you). Take away the frosting and small piece of the cupcake to reveal a small gap. This shall be the place you insert the arch.

 To connect the arch, gently press it into your cupcake. (I’d be sure that to carry onto the center of the cracker, so that you don’t smudge your frosted edges.) You’ll be able to place frosting on both aspect’s arch to make it extra secure, or gently use your finger to easy the frosting across the arch.

Hold supporting it together with your hand as you attain for the heel.

Dip the angled portion of your cookie stick (heel) into your melted sweet melts. (You could have to re-heat this beforehand).

Gently put the arch on the heel, and let go. You’ll not wish to transfer them once more till they’ve dried and are secure to maneuver.

-Observe. Be sure that your cupcakes are on a stage floor in order that they don’t fall as they dry.

Subsequent, you possibly can decorate your shoe nonetheless you need! I used sixlets, pearl sprinkles, and gumballs. Candy Baking Provide had an enormous selection in all colours to select from.

 And also you’re finished! The completed product will look one thing like this: TA DA!

I made a decision including some girly bows was a should, so the night time earlier than I made the cupcakes, I made some fondant bows to decorate my shoe.

Please don’t look too carefully at my bows, because it was first time making them! Fondant is trickier than it seems. Simply sayin’. 🙂

–

I had the assistance of my little assistant alongside the way in which.

So we determined to make a number of ‘mini-me’ heels only for her.

 Cute, proper?! How cute would these be for slightly women’ princess celebration?! Eek!

It might be the little glass slipper. 🙂 Awww.

Excessive Heel Cupcakes

 Shifting on…there’s actually no guidelines for enhance these, have enjoyable with it!

You may make them in pairs:

 Or individually.

These could be so enjoyable to have at a bachelorette celebration, or a girly-girl birthday celebration, or just a GNO!

I believed these could be a extremely cute Mom’s Day current, so I packaged it up in a gable field and gave it to my mother with a brand new pair of heels. 🙂

I additionally thought they’d make cute presents to your girlfriends, and even bridesmaids! The possibilites are countless with these!

And there you’ve gotten it! The excessive heel cupcake tutorial! I hope you had as a lot enjoyable studying as I had baking.

(In all probability not, contemplating I ate half of them.) 😉

And since we love pinterest round right here, here’s a collage to remind you the place to return when you find yourself able to make some! Comply with our baking board when you are over there. 🙂

–

Excessive Heel Cupcakes

Nearly all the cupcake liners, sprinkles, meals coloring, and fondant used on this put up have been from the Candy Baking Provide store! They’ve the BEST choice to select from. Be ready to spend so much of time purchasing. It’s a baker’s paradise. Significantly.

Joyful baking (and consuming)!

[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:43]

{We’re sharing these cupcakes at these enjoyable linky events! Examine ’em out!}

In search of extra cupcake inspiration? Take a look at 30 of the CUTEST cupcakes on the planet! Which is your favourite?

 Go for the final word in taste by making these AMAZING lemon meringue cupakes. Take a look at that topping!

For those who’ve obtained a bunch of cupcake liners left over after making your favourite cupcakes, why not put them to good use by making this beautiful cupcake liner pom pom?