Baby Zoo Animals Cake

By nature, anything having to do with babies is cute. The zoo animals theme is a popular request and each time Rick does it a little little differently. Sometimes the animals are done more realistically and other times, like in this case, they are done more as a baby might see them, which is cute and cartoon-y. Rick chose to make this cake colorful with patterns on the cake with big polka dots accenting the cake on the sides. This tall cake was nearly 3 feet and was a huge hit with the mother of the child when she came to pick it up. It was a beautiful explosion of color and full of life and sweetness, just like her baby.

More to come soon. Aloha, 'til next time!

Shannon and Liam's Wedding

All Images courtesy of Dave Miyamoto & Company

In our last post, we wrote about Shannon and Liam's wedding cake along with the details of their Valentine's weekend wedding. Today you can see how it all came together! A BIG Mahalo once again, to photographer Dave Miyamoto for these wonderful images!





















And next time, back to the cakes!
Aloha!

Shannon and Liam's Wedding - The Cake!

Images courtesy of Dave Miyamoto & Company

Shannon and Liam were one of a number of couples we made a wedding cake for on Valentine's Day weekend. This UK-based couple flew in from England to have their wedding at the beautiful JW Marriott Ihilani Resort in Ko Olina. We always love visiting the Ihilani Resort. The grounds are lovely and we see incredible sunsets out there. It's the perfect location for a wedding and if you want to book the Ihilani on a busy weekend like Valentines Day, it better be booked in advance, which is exactly what Shannon and Liam did. Rick and I met with Shannon and her mother back in April when she was visiting Oahu and meeting with her vendors. At the time we met with her we learned that unlike many brides who want to control every detail of their wedding, Shannon wanted the cake to be a suprise for her on the wedding day. She would provide us colors to reference and elements of the cake she and her fiance Liam might want, and leave the rest up to Rick.

We knew Shannon and Liam wanted a cake that would WOW their guests and have them talking about it for many years to come. The guests were coming from the U.S. as well as the U.K. and it was as much about celebrating the love between Shannon and Liam as it was an excuse for a party! This was a wedding reception scheduled til the wee hours of the morning. They are a really fun couple and wanted the cake to be unusual, full of color and whimsy and have a tropical feel to it. Their reception colors were primarily orange and pink and the hibiscus flower was being used as an accent piece. Rick took these elements, and designed a cake that had concave tiers and was a dramatically tall. Shannon and Liam chose 3 flavors for their cake. Our Kona Toffee Crunch, Chocolate Dream and Hot Fudge Sundae. Being that it was Valentine's weekend, we didn't have much time to enjoy the lovely reception room that the couple had arranged, and had to rush off to another wedding immediately after. We didn't get to see the couple or their reaction to the cake, but thankfully, their wonderful photographer, Dave Miyamoto sent us images of the couple with their cake and lots of wedding images. It was almost like being there! Thank you, Dave!

Today we are focusing on their cake, and in our next post, we will showcase Shannon and Liam's wedding images given to us by Dave Miyamoto, who so perfectly captured Shannon and Liam's fun loving spirit and the details of their wedding.

Aloha, 'til next time!

Ohime in Cake

This past weekend the theme was LOVE and romance, where every cake made, except for one was a wedding cake. This sculpted dog cake was the exception, but even as a birthday cake it was still a romantic gesture because it was ordered by a woman for her husband's surprise 50th birthday party. What could be lovelier than two people growing older together and celebrating with their child, whether human or canine? When the cake was ordered, more than a year in advance by our client, she was terribly excited that Rick was able to make their Jack Russell Terrier, Ohime, which is Japanese for "Princess" . Ohime appears to be a mix of Jack Russell and possibly Chihuahua, but we aren't sure of the exact breed. We just know she's really cute and stole our hearts! Our client explained to us that she and her husband had become "Dog people", you know the types, and they were head over heels for Ohime. Ohime was her husband's pride and joy and asked if we could include his other interests, golfing and playing poker. At first I thought, a poker playing dog, where have I seen this before, but Rick made it work just by having the items present and keeping the focus on their princess, Ohime. In person, Ohime was large, incredibly realistic and all made of cake. She was made out of our Guava Lava flavor, a pretty pink cake perfectly suited for a princess!

Coincidentally, one of the anchors from a local news station was here interviewing and filming Rick over the Valentine's Day weekend and she and her cameraman were very taken by the dog cake, and asked our client if they could come and film at their party. She of course agreed and we're excited to see the footage when it airs in the future. We will keep you posted.

More to come soon.

Aloha, 'til next time!