Lena and Mike's 3-Alarm Wedding Cake

Photos courtesy of Dave Miyamoto & Company

Ever since Lena and Mike got together, things have been heating up! Each day, Mike heads over to Engine 40 to put in another days work as a Firefighter, a job he obviously loves and takes great pride in. When it came to their wedding, this fun-loving couple decided they wanted something totally HOT to share with their several hundred guests who attended their wedding last Saturday at a beachfront venue in Waimanalo. Doing things a little differently, they decided to throw most of the wedding formalities out, including the traditional wedding cake, and have a great big party with their friends and family.

Lena and Mike wanted a truly one-of-a-kind wedding cake designed like a building on fire, that would cause their guests jaws to drop. Rick sculpted a brick building for them, appropriately located on "Lover's Lane", and made his ever-popular custom bride and groom figures of Lena and Mike in a "firemens' carry" position. We decided the fire was at least a 3-Alarm and the custom figures were absolutely precious! To keep the vibe of the cake totally HOT, Lena and Mike chose our Hot Fudge Sundae.

Tomorrow we'll showcase more of Lena and Mike's wedding with an amazing selection of images taken by the super-talented Dave Miyamoto and Russ Ramos of Dave Miyamoto & Company. We've been working regularly with Dave since cakelava first opened and he always manages to capture the spirit of a couple in such a beautiful way. Come back tomorrow and you'll see what we mean.




Even their cake cutting ceremony was playful and fun. Hot Fudge Sundae ... Yum! ...


Lena and Mike's 3-Alarm wedding cake will be up on cakelava.com with our next updates!

Flame On!

It's getting hot in here, and not because it's 85 degrees outside. We're exploring fire as a theme in cake design. Whether it's the cake for the "Pyrodemon" or the 3-tier wonky style wedding cake with flames, fire cakes are hot, hot, hot!

This cake was so much fun! It was designed for a Rockabilly themed birthday party for a bunch of hipsters. Flames were not included but this lil' devil brought enough heat of his own.


"Jer" also loved Rockabilly and happened to be a firefighter.
Done in all black fondant, the cake sits on a base resembling a vinyl record.


The Pyrodemon cake was designed around a Circus Oz themed birthday party when the troupe was in town.


A fire-fighting themed birthday cake is most appropriate when both your parents are firefighters.


This couple went completely unconventional with their wedding and groom's cake (sculpted Naval Seal frog on our website) Using their colors of red, black and silver, Rick designed a funky cake in flames with the couple riding off into the sunset on the two lane blacktop below.


Joe rides a Harley and his license plate reads EZRYDA. Done in a style similar to Jer's black fondant cake, this cake made sure Joe's 61st "Birfday" was one to remember.


See most of these cakes and many more at our website. Aloha!