HOLIDAY WEDDING!

Aloha!

The Holidays are always a romantic time of the year. All the magic and glitter of gifts, cards, trees and ornaments. What a better time to have a wedding? Especially in Hawaii. One of our recent cakes was right before Christmas.

Mari and Chris contacted me awhile ago for their wedding cake. They knew they wanted to use tea leaves in the cake design so we followed their invitation design of 2 tea leaves to signify Mari and Chris. They choose our Chai Flavor with half the cake to have soy butter cream and the remaining our vanilla butter cream.

When I walked into the Ballroom I was so amazed out how beautiful it was. Set for 300 people the tables had cute stockings on each plate with their names and wedding date filled with gingerbread. Christmas trees in each corner of the room and a beautiful head table with big beautiful flowers.

Congratulations to Mari and Chris. We wish them many years of love of happiness and a happy holiday season.
Photo by Garrett Nose with
http://www.garrettnosephoto.com/
Have a Happy and safe New Year!

COOKIE DECORATING FOR A SCHOOL DAY BIRTHDAY

ALOHA!

Sometimes when your children's birthdays fall during the week it can be hard to plan a party for them. You work, they go to school.....so what can you do as an alternative for the school day birthdays? Have us go to the school and have a cookie decorating party for the kids.
We recently set up a party for Elijah at his school for him and his friends. The theme was trains! We made a dozen train cookies so each child had one cookie to decorate. We set up toppings, icing and plates for them. They were so excited they sat down at their little table outside the classroom and wanted the cookies right away, before they even ate their pizza! it was so fun and perfect for Elijah!

We have been creating cookie decorating parties here for 3 years, it is a unique activity for kids parties. And we are the first ones to create it here in Hawaii! I used to do this as a child with my mom and I passing it on to everyone else!

So if you want to help your child celebrate their school day birthday contact us for more information!

YET ANOTHER TRAVEL WEDDING CAKE

ALOHA!

We get emails all the time from destination couples planning their wedding in Hawaii. And one popular theme for the wedding is Travel. Whether it is travel to Hawaii or travel in general or travelling together as a couple, its a popular theme.

A recent cake we made was for a couple travelling from the mainland to celebrate their love and marriage in one of the most popular destinations, Waikiki.

This cake was made unique for our couple, with passports, surfboards a jeep with a snowboard and a custom cake topper of the couple. One thing they asked us to do with the topper is to make our groom a lot taller then our bride. Totally Cute!

The wedding and reception took place in a private suite at The Outrigger Hotel. With a huge lanai set up with bright oranges and lots of beautiful flowers. And the back drop, Waikiki Beach and Diamond head. It was a beautiful day and we are so happy for our couple.

We wish you many years of love and happiness!

ELLE COUTURE LAUNCHES NEW ENGAGEMENT RINGS!

ALOHA,

As the holidays come to a close we begin to think about 2010. We are so happy to have met and worked with elle Couture Jewellers this past year. We are excited to hear about some great new products they will be carrying and starting January 2, 2010 they will launch the new Cento Collection, exclusive designs by Italian jeweler, Roberto Coin, its a special "Cento" diamond, which means 100 in Italian, 100 facets in each diamond, There are only 6 exclusive styles available, in a variety of carat weights but each diamond is cut with 100 facets

Rings will come in platinum and white gold. And the sparkle of these diamonds are amazing.
Lance from elle Couture will be working with guys and couples on their style of choice. In the month of January elle will be offering 15% off rings.
To check out The Cento Collection at http://www.centocollection.com/
And go and check out elle Couture at 909 Kapolani Blvd On January 2!
Happy New Year

HELLO KITTY MEETS CANDYLAND!

Aloha and Happy Holidays.

I hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful, peaceful holiday season! December was a busy month for us. As we prepared for a busy Christmas we were able to help our clients celebrate all kinds of events.

This event was for a special little girl named Kady. I met with her parents Elyse and Neal sometime ago top plan the special cake for Kady's 1st Birthday.

Elyse and Neal had some great ideas, they knew they wanted a lot of bight colors, a very whimsical looking cake, Hello Kitty and Candyland theme! We used all these ideas and made an amazing cake for them!

Everything on the cake was handmade. And they choose 3 different flavors for the cake.

We also supplied them with a cookie decorating party. They wanted their guests to have a fun and unique activity to do. We supplied them all kinds of cookies, topping and icings. We have been doing this for 3 years now and its a hit!

We hope Kady had the best 1st Birthday! We were glad to be able to share in this very special day!

Happy Birthday Kady!

WORLD TRAVEL TO HAWAII FOR A WEDDING!

ALOHA!

Wow, it has been some time since we blogged. So many things have been happening, besides being slammed busy for the holidays. Its amazing how busy we are. I am so thankful.

We relocated over Thanksgiving, we have been getting so many calls for cookie orders, especially after making over 2000 for Honolulu Magazine to give out to Ala Moana Mall.

We have been attending lots of events, one being for Kanu Hawaii, held at 87Zero, planned by Poi Planet. What a fun time. It was nice to meet new people and see old friends. And give out samples. It was also a pleasure to talk to some people who worked for The Ritz Carlton. One actually worked with my old chef. It is a small world.

We have made a lot of cakes since our last blog and all of them are wonderful cakes with great stories.

This was the beginning of our holiday season madness! November 1, 2009 Grace and Kevin's wedding was held at The Moana Surfrider Hotel in Waikiki.

They choose Katy with Katy Castillo Weddings to plan and set up the event, and L'Amour Photography for the photos.

When I met Grace and Kevin they knew they wanted a globe cake. After talking to them and learning what their vision was, we decided to design their cake with suitcases under the globe. One to represent Grace and where she has traveled too and one to represent Kevin and where he has traveled too. The globe was to be a representation of where in the world they have been, how their paths have crossed many times and then finally where they met and fell in love and how they made Hawaii the place where they would begin the next chapter of their lives together.

Kevin's suitcase was a little larger and more "beat up" looking. We hand painted stickers from around the world that he has travelled too.

Grace's suitcase was a little smaller and pretty. We again hand painted stickers from around the world she has been.

The stickers are made from modeling chocolate. We hand painted from certain sticker designs. These are not pre printed or edible paper.

We then placed the globe on top with the trail of their travels. We then placed a custom cake topper of the couple on top looking out into the world.

We had so much fun making this cake for such a wonderful couple.

We know they have some new opportunities in front of them that may take them travelling more and we wish them all the best of luck for a wonderful future.

Enjoy these photos provided by L'Amour Photography

Have a wonderful Holiday season!

HOLIDAY GIFT BASKETS

Aloha!

If your looking for a special gift for the holidays we are offering gift baskets. Let us do the work for you.

We can delivery locally or ship these world wide. We can personalize it anyway you like. This gift basket pictured below has 100% Hawaiian Coffee, 100% Hawaiian teas, Green tea powder (to make iced tea) Our cookies, Brownies, Chocolate Chip Bars and our Granola Bars

You can choose all cookies or a mixture of some our our pastry bars, or all of the items mixed up.

Please ask us for a list.

It comes in a beautiful basket your loved ones can reuse. We can add a personalized gift card for you as well.

Its a great way to send some Aloha to someone you love for the holidays or a special event.

For more information call us 808.744.0196 or contact us through our web site at http://www.sunshinescakecreations.com/

We look forward to make your holidays a little less stressful.

CHROMATIC MAGAZINE'S LAUNCH PARTY

ALOHA!

Chromatic Magazine's debut issue is on stands now. Its a new lifestyle and fashion magazine out in Hawaii only.

If you missed the launch party on Friday night we will recap it all for you. This party was thrown by Kim Koga and owner of the magazine Julie Aragaki. It was held at Bonsai located in Restaurant row. And what a party!

We are excited to be apart of the magazine's first issue and apart of this launch party. We made tons of samples.

We had Raspberry Lilikoi Jelly Candy, Chocolate truffles, Mini Chocolate and Lilikoi tartlettes

Mini raspberry and blackberry tartlettes, Chantilly filled cream puffs, chocolate covered strawberries and mini cupcakes to go with the big cake we made!

Our cake was a big Topsy Turvy Cake with a replicated magazine on top. We included all the advertisers from the magazine on the cake. How fun to see your name on cake!! Julie loved the cake so much she took it home with her!

It was so much fun to meet new people and see our friends.

The magazine is filled with so much information and different stories about what is hot in Hawaii right now.

You can read it online at www.chromaticmagazine.com or pick it up int he stores in Hawaii.

Check us out too. We have a feature article inside. We are so happy to be a part of The Chromatic team. We hope to work with them again in the future!

JENNIFER AND DAMIAN'S CLIFF SIDE WEDDING.

Aloha!

I have to admit how lucky I am to be able to work with some great clients and very talented vendors. This weeding was no different. I was contacted by Jennifer and Damian about their destination wedding and the cake. We emailed and talked on the phone before I was able to meet them. We had a cake tasting the week the arrived so we could meet and go over all the details. They loved all of the flavors they tasted and it was difficult for them to pick, They actually added an extra tier to the cake so they could take it back home, which of course was Chocolate Guinness! One of most popular flavors.

Meeting was amazing. The house they rented was up a crazy steep hill with some of the most amazing views I have seen yet, and I have seen lots. This was actually the second time we have been to this house.

Jennifer and Damian both greeted us when we pulled up and you could tell they were excited and very much in love. What a great couple to work with. Again, I am so lucky. Jennifer and I already had the design and the colors designed.

I love the colors of this cake, very simple yet makes a statement. Of course the cake looked good but I have to say that the photographers made it look even more beautiful. I love to work with Wendy and Eric who own L'Amour Photography. They do an amazing job with pictures. I said it before and will say it again they capture something so special and perfect. They have a great eye for detail. And they are so super friendly!

We wish Jennifer and Damian many years of love and happiness and maybe they will be our neighbors someday!!

Thank you to Wendy and Eric who took these amazing pictures. Check them out. And check out our website for lots of other cake pictures from them.
www.sunshinescakecreations.com

SPINNING DISCO BALL FOR BONSAI'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

ALOHA!

We have been slamming this month. No days off yet and we are still going. This month we have a few big events along with 2 photo shoots and lots of birthdays and wedding in between. We are so excited about all the work. We have been so busy and we have so much to show you but I want to tell you about Bonsai's First Birthday that went off last Saturday night.

Russell Tanoue and Kim Koga threw the 1st Birthday for Bonsai! Kim asked us to make the cake, Some big, 80s theme and fun.....emphasis on BIG! This cake was over 4 feet tall and the best part is we separated the cake with pillars and had a disco ball in the center and we made it spin....You read that correct, we made the disco ball spin. I took the design from the invitation that was sent out and on the top was a disco ball and I thought how perfect to get the ball on the cake.

Once we arrived and set up the cake everyone was surprised to see the disco ball spin. It was awesome! We got rave reviews for this cake.

We are set up at Bonsai almost every other week for Zensation and we love going. Its like a second home to us. The staff is so friendly and I love the atmosphere and the people I get to meet, plus the Italian Swifter is an awesome drink! I am glad to have them apart of our family! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONSAI!! We can't for next year for a bigger cake!

Until next time! I will try to get up some great cakes up!! You can also find us on Facebook, we post often!

WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS

Happy Aloha Friday!!

As of this week we are now set up to take credit cards. So when placing your order or going online to order let us know you want to use a credit card and we will gladly accept your payment! We still accept checks and cash.

Also, if your looking for something to do tomorrow night come out to Bonsai's 1st Birthday party! We are honored to making the birthday cake for them. Sapphire mixed with an 80s after party for a fun night of fun fun fun!! We will be there so come check us out and have a great time!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BONSAI,we are glad that they are part of our family!!

Bonsai is located in Restaurant Row. Doors open at 7pm!!

CHROMATIC MAGAZINE AND US

Aloha and Happy Thursday!

Chromatic Magazine's Debut will hit shelves here in Hawaii this October. I was approached by the magazine to have them do a feature article on our company. And of course I was so excited. I have been in the paper and I have ads in lots of different magazines but this is my first feature and I could not be more excited that it is with Julie Aragaki and Chromatic Magazine. I feel honored that they would want to feature me. I was interviewed by Stacy Makiya a few months ago. She asked me some very interesting questions that actually took me some time to think about. I could have written a book really. Juliw took my photos which I think came out really cute! You can view Chromatic Magazine online at www.chromaticmagazine.com This magazine will come out 4 times a year and will focus on whats hot in Hawaii from fashion to restaurants to night life. Check it out this month in stores or see it online and subscribe for emails about information on whats going on around town.
I want to take a minute to thank Julie for taking a chance on me and my business. It means a lot to have support from such a great person who belives in me and what I am love to do. I am so excited for this magaine and to see where it will go!

Have a great day!
For more information on cakes, cookies and other items we carry check us out online at www.sunshinescakecreations.com or call us 808.744.0196

HALLOWEEN GOODIES

Aloha!

Well October is upon us and Halloween will be here before we know it. We are offering decorated cutout Halloween cookies. Yummy!! The make great favors for your party or your kids class mates. Maybe you want to send some to loved ones who do not live in Hawaii, well we can ship them too. We can bag them and add a personalized tag to the cookies too.

If your having a party and or a lunch at work why not get a spooky cake? We can make any kind of Halloween cake you want from something cute with lots of pumpkins or something creepy and scary....

We are also selling Mini Pumpkin Bread Loaves for $5 each. We can wrap them and tag them just like the cookies. It makes a great gift.

For more information check out website at www.sunshinescakecreations.com or call us at 808.744.0196
Have a Happy and Safe October!

GROOM'S CAKES ARE HOT

Aloha,

Grooms Cakes are hot right now. We get requests all the time from our brides that they want to surprise their new husbands. We design these cakes around what the grooms are into or what their hobbies may be. A lot of times the cakes tend to be sports themed based on the grooms favorite team. Sometimes the requests are about XBOX or some sort of games they like. And other times it could based around what they do for a living. Whatever the theme it is something special from the bride to the groom and it is personal. We enjoy making thee cakes as much as the wedding cakes. Its an honor for us to be apart of this special day. We love to hear the stories about how the groom was shocked when they saw their cake!

For more information check out our website at http://www.sunshinescakecreations.com/. and when ordering your wedding cake think about what your groom may like and let us create more memories!

Check out some of the groom's cakes we have recently made.

This XBOX had 2 different lights inside to make it look more real

MEET OUT NEW ASSISTANT!

ALOHA!!

Its been a long time since I blogged. One month! I am sorry to have left you all in the dark. Things have been insane for us. More then busy! But I am loving every minute of it and we have so many things going on and have lots to share with all of you.

First I want to introduce you all to Ronnie Williams. He is my new assistant! Ronnie is a long time, very close friend of mine. He is from Philadelphia and he did exactly what I did. Quit his job, sold most of his things and bought a one way plane ticket to Hawaii. He is settling in well and even has been working a little. He is getting familiar with Hawaii, our clients and our products. Ronnie is an amazing artist and he is going to bring a different twist to our cakes. He has a warm smile and a big heart. He also has a wonderful outlook on life, cakes and Hawaii. I know he is going to make a wonderful addition to our team. I am glad he finally made the move. I wish him all the best of luck and hope Hawaii treats him well like it has me.

So if you see Ronnie around, talk to him on the phone introduce yourself!

I also want to share that we have a new account in Waikiki. If your at the Ilikai for vacation, a weekend get a way or just hitting the beach, check out our yummy treats, pick up a few for the beach and enjoy! We are excited for this new opportunity to work with June and Ricardo on this new venture for them. We are glad we can help!

There is so much more and now that we have an extra set of hands I will try to blog more. You can find us on Facebook which we update often (easy to do on deliveries in the car) Just look for Victoria Sgro-Konopka!

Here are a few pictures to get you through till next time! Enjoy and check out our website for more pictures of our cakes and new information on the 2009 holiday cookies! Order soon

Have a wonderful day!

Our Culinary journey

CUSTOM WEDDING COOKIES

ALOHA,

We make all kinds of cookies for all different events. I love cookies. I think they make wonderful favors, its something everyone can eat, there is little waste and they are super cute.

We make custom cookies! We can make any shapes, colors, we can personalize them and wrap them with ribbon!

We have over 300 cookie cutters. We have shapes for all occasions. We were recently contacted by a bride to be, Nicole. She wanted cookies as favors for her wedding. She asked if we could do a special cookie for her. It was a certain shape and she wanted to send me a picture. "Of Course I said, Send it over"

When she sent me this picture and I looked at it my first thought was, Wow no one will ever have this cookie again. How unique. I had to ask her where the design came from because I have never seen anything like it. She told me that her fiance is an artist and he drew up the design for the wedding. I love this design!

So , if you want truly custom cookies then contact us and we will make you exactly what you want!

30th BIRTHDAY SCRABBLE CAKE

Aloha Monday!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! 2 weeks ago we made a cake for another one of our very loyal clients. We met Christine and Jeff awhile back when we made their wedding cake. Christine has contacted us several times after that for cakes for her family and friends.

This time it was for her new husband, Jeff's 30th birthday. Christine and Jeff love to play Scrabble and they just nought the new Onyx version of the game and she wanted us to make this for Jeff's party.

We positioned the tiles around to say "HAPPY THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY JEFF" We also have the tiler holders with some personal inside jokes between them. We also had to add the time clock they play with This is some serious Scrabble playing!

We are honored to have been part of another special occasion in Christine's and Jeff's lives. We look forward to making them another cake.
Stay tuned for another cake and cookies we made for this same party!

ITS SPONGEBOB SUNDAY!!

ALOHA!

We have been super busy with so many different things and new accounts that we have not been able to blog as much as we would like to.

This cake has to be posted for many different reasons.

One of our loyal clients Tracie contacted us about her son Brandon's birthday. She told us how much he loves Sponge Bob and that he had to have a cake in the Shape of him. I knew right away which one of us would be doing this cake. Nick. He loves Sponge Bob. So when we were talking about this weeks cakes and pastries and i told him about Sponge Bob his face lite up. He was so excited. On Saturday night he finishes the details to the cake and he was so excited about it. Even the board the cake sat on. he was excited that he made it look like the back round.

We handed the cake over to Tracie and when she took it to the car Brandon was so excited. He even said"is that fondant on the cake?" I looked at him and asked him how he knew that, and he told me that he likes to watch the cake shows on TV! How cute.

The cake was Strawberry Shortcake and made completely from scratch and carved by hand. All the pieces are hand made and edible.

For more of our cakes check out http://www.sunshinescakecreations.com/
Enjoy your Sunday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON! We hope you and your friends enjoyed Sponge Bob.

ZENSATION AUGUST 5.....BONSAI

Aloha Monday!

Its that time again. Its Zensation at Bonsai! Come start off August the right way with sweet treats! Drink specials, pupu specials...and the food is so yummy! Get mini spa services, fashion tips, you can even buy clothes and jewelry....Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas courtesy of Vacation's Hawaii! You MUST be able to travel on 8-9-09 and return on 8-15-09. You deserve it, air, room & meals included! That sounds like a good deal to me!
So come out and have some fun after work. Doors open at 5 pm with No cover charge. Bonsai is located in Restaurant Row!
See you there!

BAD ASS COFFE CO

ALOHA FRIDAY!!

Hope all is well with you out there. I have some cakes and things to show you but I wanted to show you pictures of Bad Ass Coffee Co. The new shop is open now located at 1104 Fort Street Mall. Go check them out and see what they have to offer. The place is cool inside. The colors and atmosphere are awesome! There is a stage too, hum, wonder what will happen there, music? comedy? maybe a poetry night? We will have to wait and see what the plans for that is. But it will be awesome!

If your in town, work in town, go to school this is a perfect place to grab coffee and go to work or study in between classes or just hang out and watch some tv. There is even tables outside.

Or pastries include Scones, Cookies, Cookie Bars including our famous Chocolate Chip Oreo Bars! We have lemon bars, fresh muffins, Cheesecake and much much more!

So go in and support local owners and have a new experience! We tried the a frozen coffee drink this morning and it was smooth and tasted like coffee. not loaded with sugar and chunks of ice. It was perfect for a hot day.

These are some pictures I took on Monday when we had our first delivery for the Grand Opening. We are excited and honored to be a part of something that is going to be big.

We wish Steve and his crew all the best of luck in this new adventure

We are making 2 different kinds of JUMBO muffins. Easy package to grab a few and take them back to the office for co-workers or school for your classmates. Or take some home for your family. They are all individually wrapped and labeled for you!

This was the cake we made for the grand opening! We have Chocolate Mocha, Chai Tea and Chocolate Hazel Crunch.

BAD ASS COFFEE WILL BE SERVING OUR PASTRIES!

Aloha!
What a good way to start the week off, a brand new coffee shop opening downtown! Bad Ass Coffee Shop has a new home at Fort Street Mall. What does this have to do with us? We will be supplying them fresh pastries from scones, cookies, bars and cheesecakes and so on... We are so excited for this opportunity to work with some awesome people.

Bad Ass Coffee will have local coffees, teas, smoothies, and other awesome drinks. The shop is this beautiful color that is so inviting and relaxing. i can not wait for you all to see it.
Come out and support local owner Steve Hott. And come support us by going and buying some pastries! The more you buy, the more we make!

Grand opening is Monday July 27 beginning at 6am until 6pm at 1104 Fort Street Mall. We look forward to seeing you there!
Oh and there will be a cake.......

AOL LIVING, PARTY CENTRAL

I had another blog for today but since I found this today I thought I would post it instead.
We made AOL Living, party central. Its a new party page for AOL and it looks awesome. 2 of our cakes made it to the gallery. How exciting for us and our clients who ordered them.
We are among some other great companies in the country. One of them being cakelava here in Hawaii as well. Congratulations to all the cake companies. They are all beautiful cakes. And a big thank you to AOL for featuring our cakes!
Check out the link below and let us know what you think.

http://www.holidash.com/party-central/birthday/food/bizarre-birthday-cakes

Have a great day and look out tomorrow for a special couple of ours that we have worked with for 6 months on their cake. We will look at Kat and Beau's wedding cake.
Have a nice day

MARVIN AND AMBER'S WEDDING

Aloha,

This past weekend we were honored be a part of a very sweet couple's wedding. Amber contacted me a few months ago about her wedding cake. We were able to meet and sit down and talk about what they were looking for. As soon as I met them i could tell they were very much in love. They were super sweet and nice and we had a great tasting session.

The wedding took place at The Fanger Estate located in Hauula on the Windward side of the island. I love this spot. I used to live up in Laie so I would drive past it everyday when I would go home. I always thought this space would be great for wedding just by the land and the beautiful palm tree gate. And someone did buy it and finally put up a beautiful estate. I was able to take a few pictures but they do not do this place justice.

I was also able to take a sneak peak at Amber as she got her make up down. She looked glowing and was super excited. I also got to see her dress hanging. It was beautiful. Looked like a vintage dress with the lace.

Amber and Marvin picked our popular Strawberry Guava flavor for both tiers of their cake. The colors were white and brown and we places very simple shells at the base of the cake with some sand. very simple and elegant and perfect for them.

We were glad to be apart of the wedding and we wish them many years of happiness.

For more pictutres of our recent events check out or website at www.sunshinescakecreations.com

Aloha!