When Hello Kitty Celebrates with R2-D2

Over the weekend we did a fun, but unsual 1st birthday celebration. Our client Randy ordered Hello Kitty themed cupcake tiers with sculpted Hello Kitty cake for his daughter Mikayla's birthday. He provided us with Mikayla's invitations and the cupcake tower perfectly reflected that. A while after Randy placed the order, I receive a request from his sister Grace who was interested in ordering a cake for their older brother's birthday (who apparently was named Tito). Their brother loves STAR WARS and is observing his birthday this week, but since everyone would be at the party, they wanted to order him a special sculpted birthday cake in the shape of R2-D2. This is the second time Rick has sculpted an R2-D2, and the second time he's sculpted a cake for Randy's family. We were very happy with both the sculpted cakes and cupcakes, and from the reaction of people in the room upon delivery, so were they. I loved the writing on the R2-D2 cake: "Happy Birthday Master Tito. May the Force Be with You." Though the room was completely decked out in Hello Kitty (centerpieces, balloons, etc), R2-D2 held his own on the other side and the two icons co-existed beautifully.


We'll be putting up these two cakes and so many more with the next updates on cakelava.com.

The Libidinous Side of Cakes

Yesterday our STAR WARS R2-D2 cake on cakelava.com was profiled as the Great White Snark’s “Geeky Curiosity of the Week.” We’re huge fans of this blog and its snarky commentary. See our previous post “All Hail the Great White Snark.” I quite enjoy roaming outside of cakeland and into The Great White Snark’s geekworld on a regular basis and highly recommend you do the same. On a recent visit I happened to find out “The Top Five Girliest Vampire Movies”. Who doesn’t want to know that? I know I do! I instantly felt more informed, and was humored in the process. Keeps things, y’know, balanced.

We’ve been profiled before by The Great White Snark, (Snark, not Shark) when he wrote about our Star Wars cupcakes with sculpted Death Star top tier cake, but this time it was different. Little did we know that our innocent droid cake would evoke such a lascivious response from someone, but hey, we’re not complaining either. For a couple of cake geeks, it’s the ultimate compliment, really. I’m proud to say this wasn’t the first time that our cakes have taken someone’s thoughts right into the gutter and it won’t be the last. One of our brides called our “Hawaii Five-0” flavor “Sex cake” after she tasted it, and it came as no surprise when the couple ordered all their wedding cake tiers in that flavor. Who says cakes can’t get no satisfaction! Someone will be having a very enjoyable wedding night.

As I write this, Rick has begun work on a sculpted Porsche Carrera birthday cake, and for some men, it doesn’t get any more libidinous than that.