Salvatore Ferragamo's Shoes Inspire Pastry Chefs

Italian confectioners have created cakes that are exact copies of six legendary pairs of shoes from the archives of the Italian "Shoemaker to the Stars" maestro Salvatore Ferragamo. They were presented in the 10_11 restaurant of the Milan hotel Portrait Milano, which is part of the hotel management company owned by the Ferragamo family.

The sweet collection of six exquisite cakes was created by pastry chef Cesare Murzilli, he called it Cake Couture. Each cake is a huge tribute to the timeless design and innovative ideas of Salvatore Ferragamo from the 30-50s of the twentieth century. All shoe models are now kept in the Ferragamo Museum in Florence.

Each cake, with its original name referring to an archival shoe model, reflects the essence of each pair:

Women – inspired by the Dama shoe model created in 1938. A classic, delicate and airy cake, hand-covered with bright chocolate icing, reminiscent of the costume of Harlequin, a character from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte. The cake reflects Salvatore Ferragamo's experiments with colored leather.

Rainbow- the famous model of "Rainbow" sandals - a symbol of innovative and bold experiments of the 1930s, with a massive heel and a cork platform of rainbow colors, created for Judy Garland, an American star - actress and singer. The inspiration for the creation of these incredibly bright shoes was the song Over the Rainbow performed by her from the movie "The Wizard of Oz", the model was rethought by the pastry chef in the form of a playful and festive cake made of multi-colored cakes.

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Avant-gardes - the name accurately reflects Salvatore Ferragamo's avant-garde approach to creating shoes with a wooden painted wedge, and is very suitable for the Pastiera cream cake, which recalls the designer's roots in Campania.

Damigella - Inspired by the elegant Damigella ankle boots with gold embroidery created in 1957 for Sophia Loren, this cake, stunning on the outside and exquisite on the inside, harmoniously combines the different textures of cocoa and coffee.

Argon - a pair created in 1930 using painting and embroidery on gilded leather, the very embodiment of painstaking manual labor, and the varied textures in this masterpiece of confectionery art echo it.

Iris - The use of Tuscan Tavarnelle lace in creating weightless shoes was revolutionary for the 1930s. Their intricate ligature was repeated by confectioners in the Iride cake with delicate notes of Zabaione cream.