Terabith Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 So, I was googling pictures of baptism cakes, due to an upcoming baptism in a friend's family, and it appears that baby shoes are a common feature of baptismal cakes. Which just seems......weird. Why? Google assures me that it is, in fact, a common thing, but I can't find any reasoning for why shoes would go along with infant baptism cakes. Is there some sort of theological thing I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Theology of the shoe. Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Terabith said: So, I was googling pictures of baptism cakes, due to an upcoming baptism in a friend's family, and it appears that baby shoes are a common feature of baptismal cakes. Which just seems......weird. Why? Google assures me that it is, in fact, a common thing, but I can't find any reasoning for why shoes would go along with infant baptism cakes. Is there some sort of theological thing I'm missing? Hmmm...I have not seen that. Shoes here are often baby shower cake toppers. What I have seen here is usually white main icing, pastel colors for trim and writing, usually a bassinet basket, or cradle with a cross on it, or a white cross in a flower garden type setting with a baby's that kind of thing. The last infant Christening cake I saw - 2019 since we have been hunkered down now for almost two years - was similar to this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 I googled and saw one where there was a rosary draped in and over the shoes, and all I can think of how horrified my Catholic FIL would be if my kids left their rosary in their smelly shoes. Shoes are not appetizing to me, so neither cake and shoes or baptism and shoes resonates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Baseballandhockey said: I googled and saw one where there was a rosary draped in and over the shoes, and all I can think of how horrified my Catholic FIL would be if my kids left their rosary in their smelly shoes. Shoes are not appetizing to me, so neither cake and shoes or baptism and shoes resonates. My friend, years ago, had a pie reception after her daughter's christening, and she also had chocolate eclairs and cream puffs. I highly approved of that! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Faith-manor said: My friend, years ago, had a pie reception after her daughter's christening, and she also had chocolate eclairs and cream puffs. I highly approved of that! Yes, I would totally approve of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnwife Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 No shoes as part of food for baptisms here (or ever, I guess). I don't think we even served cake at any of them. I usually go for a variety of desserts, like lemon bars, PB bars, cookies, eclairs, etc...None of which have theological significance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) My dd was baptized on the Saturday night before Easter. It was a very solemn but beautiful service. We had a sort of (secular) Easter-theme coconut cake! I haven't heard of a shoe cake. Have they run out of ideas or something? ☺️ Edited January 4, 2022 by J-rap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
***** Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 The only thing I can think of is maybe long ago, there was only 1 cake pan shape for a baby cake, and that was the shoe. So, people generally used that for any baby occasion?! My mom used to decorate cakes, but she never had a shoe cake pan. She would have made a rectangular cake (so there would be enough for everyone), with a cross or something on top. I do remember she made 'booties' out of pink or blue sugar for a baby cake, but not Christening. Actually, I thought you were going to ask how to make those in this thread! But she never taught me how, maybe fell out of popularity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, J-rap said: My dd was baptized on the Saturday night before Easter. It was a very solemn but beautiful service. We had a sort of (secular) Easter-theme coconut cake! I haven't heard of a shoe cake. Have they run out of ideas or something? ☺️ I am going to blame it on there not being all that many true cake decorators left. Seems like independent bakeries are few and far between, and now people get cakes Walmart, Kroger, etc. They just train people on really basic trim patterns and writing, then top everything with plastic pieces. So to Wal-Mart any baby cake=baby shoes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, J-rap said: My dd was baptized on the Saturday night before Easter. It was a very solemn but beautiful service. We had a sort of (secular) Easter-theme coconut cake! I haven't heard of a shoe cake. Have they run out of ideas or something? ☺️ Coconut cake would be lovely. White and fluffy like a heavenly cloud! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 That's so weird! Baby shoes for baby shower, sure. But for baptism I've done either just a plain white cake, or a cake with a cross, or I've seen a lamb maybe? Which is a bit odd but better than shoes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Baseballandhockey said: Coconut cake would be lovely. White and fluffy like a heavenly cloud! I almost always chose coconut cake for my February birthday when I was young. My mom had a limited number of shaped cake pans, so it was often a lamb cake. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Maybe they got soul and sole mixed up. 🤣Tee Hee hee 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Bronzed baby shoes used to be a thing. And I've seen shoe ornaments or decorative items that were designed to give to welcome a new baby. I bet that it's just a riff on that - nothing to do with actual shoes that are worn on the baby's feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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