Hot Tub Wedding Cake

Image courtesy of Dave Miyamoto Photography

The way the hot tub wedding cake evolved was an interesting process. Miwa and Darnell originally wanted a traditional wedding cake with a tropical design. They requested to have the cake be mostly white with some plumeria flowers. We came up with some ideas and after discussions about the design, they decided to change directions and go instead with a sculpted cake. We were asked if Rick could make a sculpted bathtub with them in it and some items like a champage bottle, strawberries and chocolate, and to integrate a tropical element that would look like they were bathing outdoors. The bathtub idea evolved into a hot tub, and from there, all the pieces fell into place. They loved the idea, sent us photos of themselves for the custom bride and groom figures and in the months to follow we all got excited about the "hot tub wedding cake". I remember Rick asking several times, "Hey, when is that hot tub wedding cake?" and at some point it was referred to as the "Hot Tub Time Machine", because of the movie with the same title. Miwa and Darnell's wedding reception took place last Friday night at the Presidential Suite of a Waikiki Hotel. They had a big lanai in their suite with the most incredible view overlooking Waikiki. We placed the hot tub wedding cake on a table next to where the couple would later be seated. On Monday we recieved a call from Darnell saying how much they loved their cake and it was a huge hit with the guests. It was a hit with us as well! We will long remember Miwa and Darnell relaxing and clinking champagne glasses in their "Just Married" hot tub wedding cake!

Aloha, 'til next time!

Wonderland Cake

Image courtesy of Rachel Robertson Photography

The Alice in Wonderland cake made for Jolie's birthday party was one of our favorite cakes this month. The client gave Rick full artistic control over the design. She wanted something funky and colorful and left all the details up to him. Rick made each tier with a different scene from Wonderland and added hand painted characters. Handcrafted whimsical flowers and colorful mushrooms, adorned the cake, and at the base and on top of the cake was a black and white checkerboard pattern. The cake was made for a child's first birthday luau, which is customary in Hawaii. In Polynesian culture, reaching a baby's first year is considered a huge milestone, and a cause for celebration. A giant checkerboard "1" was placed on top in Jolie's honor. The beautiful cake was a decadent display of color on the outside and a rich Peanut Butter Fudgey flavor on the inside. The Alice in Wonderland themed party took place at a hotel in Waikiki. Large custom made characters were placed in the room and each table had a whimsical centerpiece scene, thoughtfully created. In the center of the room was the tea party table, with cookies around it and in the middle we placed the cake. Our clients did a fabulous job carrying out the theme and the cake looked right at home. In Wonderland.

Aloha, 'til next time!

Aloha, Canada! Classes with Rick Reichart at Icing Inspirations

Images courtesy of Rachel Robertson Photography

For the past several years we have received regular requests from fellow cake artists asking if Rick is teaching classes anywhere. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Rick has decided to take the plunge in a big way and will be making his teaching debut in a 3-day class in Canada at Icing Inspirations, located in Kitchener, Ontario, outside of Toronto. Rick received an invitation from Chrissie Boon, cake artist and owner of Too Nice to Slice and Icing Inspirations to fly out to Canada to teach a 3-day course and he was so honored and jumped at the chance!

Mark your calendars for this special class "Discover your Inner Artist" with Rick Reichart. The dates are March 10th, 11th and 12th, 2011. The class is booked on a first come, first served basis and is limited to 15 students only. Rick has selected two of his original designs to teach in the classes, a hibiscus with bamboo wedding cake and a colorful sculpted clownfish underwater coral scene. Students will learn techniques that will help them discover their inner artist. Rick will demonstrate painting, airbrushing, sculpting and freehand art techniques without the use of molds, stencils or special cutters. At the end of the 3 day course, students will have two beautiful completed cakes.

We can't wait to come to Canada! We hope to see you there in March 2011!

To learn more about the class and register, visit the Icing Inspirations class page.



A Big Mahalo to photographer Rachel Robertson for her fabulous images!

Aloha, 'til next time!

iPhone Wedding Cake

It was merely a coincidence that just days before the release of the new iPhone we would be making a wedding cake in the same theme. Our couple got married last weekend and had two cakes, an elegant fondant wedding cake with handcrafted flowers and an iPhone cake. Technically, the iPhone cake was not a groom's cake, in fact it was ordered by the groom as a surprise for his fiancee, in other words, two brides cakes. This probably put the groom in a great position to have just about whatever he wanted on the honeymoon.

This iPhone cake was different than most because the groom didn't want the apps and icons buttons on the screen. He requested to have the "Messages" screen showing and an exchange of text between him and his fiancee. There was no room for "LOL" texts in this scenario, he preferred for them to whisper, no text, sweet nothings back and forth and provided the sentiments he wanted written. Rick hand painted the screen and their texts, which both consisted of "Baby I'm the luckiest (guy/girl) in the world" and "I love you my sweet (name)" followed by a smilie or a <3 love heart. At the top of the screen he wrote their name, "The Bryants". Congratulations to the Bryants! :)

Aloha, 'til next time!