21

Rick and I were reminiscing recently about our 21st birthdays. Neither of us recall celebrating with a cake, but if we had, we would have loved a cake like this! We both hit the bars with friends and don't remember much else. 21 is a special year and deserves a cake that will be remembered for years to come. Rick designed this black fondant cake for a girl wanting to party it up on her 21st birthday, as she should. The cake wasn't tremendously large but he wanted it to have a BIG presence, which it did, and the "21" on top was a dominant feature. It was beautiful in person and would make any 21st birthday extra special!

Aloha, 'til next time!

Thanks for Making Us Smile!

If you want to know how to make our day, send us an unbelievably cute photo of your child enjoying our cake, as two of our clients recently did. Extra kudos to you if the cake is the same height, or is larger than the child. Big thanks to our clients for sharing with us mementos of the child's special day. If you think their smiles are huge, you should see ours!


Kidrobot cake image by Sieber Studio

New cake photos have been posted at cakelava.com and many more to come soon.

Aloha, 'til next time!

Compass Wedding Cake

We've said it before. We LOVE our clients and the awesome ideas they bring to us every day. It keeps our creative juices flowing and gives them a special cake they will remember for years to come. Rick and I were excited about this cake since we received the order. I doubt there was a single person at Allison and Evan's wedding who will not remember their sculpted compass wedding cake years from now. Their story is a sweet one. Allison resides in Memphis, Tennessee, and Evan is in the military stationed in Japan. They met halfway, in Hawaii in October to get married. He is a navigator in the Air Force and she, an Air Traffic Controller. They both have a love of aviation and wanted that prominently displayed in their cake. For their wedding cake, they wanted a compass with a map that incorporated some of the places they have lived together. Rick sculpted their compass out of cake and handpainted the map below it. The compass was so realistic, I thought it might navigate us to the reception site. We had a wedding right before theirs but the timing worked out beautifully because we had a chance to meet Allison and Evan, who we only had contact with via email and phone. They were thrilled with their cake and it immediately drew a crowd around it.

Congratulations to Allison and Evan on their marriage. We hope this is the start of many adventures together!

The compass wedding cake is just one of many sculpted wedding cakes we have made. Visit cakelava.com to see more!

Aloha, 'til next time!

Micah's Little Red Toy Car Cake

If you have children or are around them with any frequency, you probably recognize this little red car. Our next door neighbor's child has one and she has a great time riding it. When our client called requesting this cake to be made for her son Micah's birthday, she told us that he LOVES riding in his little car and thought it would be a great surprise for him to have one made in cake. Rick sculpted the little car, made entirely in our Banana Nutella cake, and put a "1" on the hood and the name "MICAH" on the license plate. Our client, her son and his guests all adored the cake, and she told us after in her thank you note that, not suprisingly, they all wanted to ride in the car. The ultimate compliment!

she wrote:

Yeah ...the cake was pretty much the centerpiece of the party. My son even thought he could ride in it which was pretty funny. Actually all the kids wanted to ride in it but then they realized it was a cake.

Aloha, 'til next time!