Sumotori Airlines

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend and had a chance to connect with their families. Apart from Thanksgiving dinner with some friends of ours and phone calls to our families on the mainland, we worked through the weekend making some really fun cakes. It figures that during a holiday weekend when we were not able to fly out to be with our parents to celebrate, that we would make an airplane cake. We're not complaining though, how often does one get to make a "Sumotori" Airlines airplane? Probably not too often because the brand doesn't exist, except for in the creative mind of our client, whose brother is a pilot. As a gift for her brother Wesley's 30th Birthday, she purchased him a sculpted cake plane of his very own in our Totally Turtle flavor. We were supplied with the logo of the sumo wrestler, which we added to the rear wing. I loved everything about this plane, and with a funny logo like that, how can you not smile? Delivering the Sumotori Airplane to the Waikiki restaurant made for some interesting reactions from tourists in the hotel and diners in the restaurant. Rick carried the plane the whole way, including onto an escalator leading to the restaurant. Carrying a cake onto an escalator is always fun! *wink* It's difficult to tell in the photo above, but the wings of the plane were expansive, and we had to be careful not to clip the wings when people walked by.

Hopefully Wesley had sweet dreams about flying the Sumotori skies that night. Thank you to our client Rose for including us in Wesley's special day! For two cakesters who felt a little homesick, if we could, we would have gladly tried to board the cake. I'll take the window seat!

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Those Fabulous 1940's

Ever wonder why the number "40" often has the word "Fabulous" in front of it? Is turning 40 really that Fabulous? I guess I'll find out in a few years, but for now, there is one thing I do know, if you want to throw a Fabulous party, then look to the Fabulous 1940's for inspiration! That's what our client Nicole did when she chose the theme for her son Max's 1st Birthday party on Saturday night at the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor.

Over the years we've done many theme parties, and this one was one of our favorites! Nicole really put some thought into the planning of this party and no detail was overlooked. Location, Location, Location! Is there a more perfect location for a 1940's theme party than at the Pacific Aviation Museum? Guests were asked to wear 1940's era clothing, and when our client Nicole greeted us, she looked glamorous and perfectly suited to the 1940's. I love the colors used -- navy blue, silver, white and black. Decor. Black linens, silver, blue and white balloons and an industrial hangar space filled with giant airplanes all around. Adorable teddy bears in aviator outfits for some of the centerpieces. Caterers were brought in from town (we saw sushi -- yum!) and a bar for the adults, and for the dessert, a cakelava Fabulous 1940's era sculpted airplane in our Bananarama flavor.

Kudos to Nicole for a wonderful party that her guests will long remember and so will we!

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Our cake was on this table under the airplane right in front of the staff member taking a photo of it.

adorable centerpieces!






invitations with the 1940's plane that the cake was modelled after

flight simulators rented for the kids

the artist and his creation.

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