Mele Kalikimaka!

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Mele Kalikimaka!  That's "Merry Christmas" in Hawaiian.  It's always difficult getting in the Christmas spirit over here.  No snow on the ground, no roasting of chestnuts by an open fire, no bundling up in our winter attire while sipping hot chocolate.  This is not to say that we don't enjoy our Hawaiian Christmases.  We have beautiful 80 degree weather perfect for spending a day at the beach. President Obama and his family are here in Kailua for Christmas, which is always fun, and we get to enjoy the comforts of home with family.  Still ... no snow, no snowflakes and certainly no snowmen.  Fortunately, we have clients who also desire to have a winter wonderland here in the tropics, and every now and then we get the opportunity around Christmas to make a winter themed cake.  This year we have two of them and one even has snowmen on it!

The blue and silver cake above is the first of our two winter/Christmas themed wedding cakes this month.  Rick designed the striking 4-tier cake along with a groom's cake for Eseta and Poasa's wedding last Saturday night.  They requested snowflakes to be used on the cake and wanted it to be fun and elegant at the same time as well as integrate their wedding colors of light blue, silver and white.  Eseta gave Rick carte blanche when designing their cake.  In person this cake was full of sparkles and details difficult to convey in the photo.  The bands on the bottom of each tier sparkled as did the custom handcrafted snowflake topper.  Conceptually, Rick's idea was to express the falling of snow and to have a feel of winter wonderland.  This cake was so pretty and full of life!  We can't wait for our next Christmas themed cake, coming next week!

This One's For Patrick - Merry Christmas!

Today we're doing things a little different. We're showing a cake *before* the event occurs. Rather than just share with you one of our Christmas cakes, we've decided to share a heartwarming story about one of our clients ... and a Christmas cake. Earlier this month, I received an email from a man named Patrick who is presently deployed and would not be back in time to celebrate his anniversary with his girl Chevelle. Their anniversary is today, Christmas Eve, and Patrick wanted to make their special day which they would be spending apart even more special by surprising Chevelle with a custom sculpted Louis Vuitton Purse brought to her workplace today. Her workplace happens to be at a mall. Despite the thought of a cake delivery on Christmas Eve to a crowded mall, *on Christmas Eve* (yikes!) these are the kind of stories that touch us, that allow us an opportunity to bring two people together via a shared gift, in this case a special custom cake. Rick and I have a romantic side, of COURSE we'd do it. Isn't this what Christmas is about, bringing people together in celebration, and even more so, when they are on opposite sides of the world?

Due to military security reasons, I was not able to email a photo to Patrick of the cake he ordered, so I decided to post it here. Patrick, here it is, in all its glory, your Louis Vuitton purse with the writing requested "Happy one year baby. Not too much longer!"

We hope you and Chevelle love it! Thank you for giving us this opportunity to help bring your worlds together today. Happy Anniversary and Happy Holidays to you both! -- Sasha & Rick


and here's one of our Christmas cakes which I absolutely adore. Love the delicate snowflakes and the snowmen make me smile! We'd like to wish everyone the happiest of holidays and thank you for your continued support! Merry Christmas!