Cook ties cakes to footwear (3,6)

I believe the answer is:

ice skates

'footwear' is the definition.
(I know that ice skates is a type of footwear)

'cook ties cakes' is the wordplay.
'cook' indicates an anagram.
'ties'+'cakes'='tiescakes'
'tiescakes' is an anagram of 'ICE-SKATES'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Another definition for ice skates that I've seen is " Blades".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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