RUSSELL TANOUE'S BIRTHDAY BASH!

Aloha!!
I feel honored for the second year in a row i was asked to make Glam Photographer Russell Tanoue's Birthday cake.
Kim Koga threw Russell a party at Pacific Club by invite only and then the after party at Pearl Ultralounge.
If you were one of the 50 people first at The Pacific Club we supplied cookies for the gift bags! And if you went to Pearl then you saw this cake!
The colors for Russell's party were Black and Gold. @ of the hardest colors to work with for a cake. But this cake was awesome.

Russell's next project will be his annual fundraiser for his Project Shine on August 14. We will be donating cookies for gift bags and we will have some mini cupcakes and mini pastries. So go buy your ticket and support a good cause. Keep looking here for more information on project Shine and how you can get tickets.

FRENCH INSPIRED WEDDING AND GROOMS CAKES

Aloha,
I had the pleasure to help Hawaii Bride and Groom Magazine with their booth at the bridal Expo this weekend. These are the 2 cakes I made. The wedding cake has pain painted gold accents and stenciled designs. Brown and ivory with champagne shimmer. I also made a "fabric" flower that was inspired from a flower from a vintage dress i found.This is one of my favorite designs.

Our second cake was a french inspired grooms cake. I hand painted a vintage wine label on molding chocolate, real french macaroons, cheese, fruit and a cigar!! All hand molded. Giving your groom his own special cake is a great way to incorporate his personality into the wedding. Its also a great way to have another flavor cake!!
We make all kinds of groom cakes from beer bottles, and motorcycles, to airplanes and cars.
Until next time when I show you Russell Tanoue's Birthday cake!!

SET 2 OF HAWAII BRIDE AND GROOM CAKE FEATURE

ALOHA!
When Julie Called me from Hawaii Bride and Groom for cakes for a cake feature. I was so excited. One I love working with her and the magazine. But 2, she told me she was having a french theme and that 2 of the cakes would be shot of brasserie Du Vin. Many of you who know me, know that this is one of my favorite places to eat. The food is good, the wine is even better and the atmosphere takes me right back to France. When i need a french fix I go here for it!!

I decided to make 2 very different cakes.
Please check out Hawaii Bride and Groom magazine online or go pick one up at the book store. There are some of Hawaii's best wedding professionals in this magazine. One stop shop if your planning your wedding.

IPOD TOUCH

Aloha!

Coming back from vacation I was excited about our first cake. The Ipod touch! For a special girl turning 14.

I thought no big deal I have an Ipod it will be just like that...nope. I learned a little this cake. The Ipod touch is pretty cool. I never knew you could get online and check email and listen to music and have all these other apps. My Ipod is not like that at all.

I had a fun time making this cake and planning all the apps and even making earphones. Someone even commented to me that their mom thought it was a real Ipod from the photo.

Photo courtsey of our client

MATCHING DRESS CAKE AND BOUQUET

ALOHA!

I had the pleasure to work with such a wonderful couple not to long ago. They traveled from the mainland to have their wedding on the beach here in Hawaii. Even though it was only the 2 of them they still wanted a small cake. Our bride wanted to have a cake to match her dress and her flowers. So we made a hourglass shaped cake and wrapped the fabric around the cake and matched the fabric flower. We made a sugar flower bouquet for the top of her to match, with orchids, roses and small cherry blossom flowers.

She sent us am email when they returned home to let us know they loved their cake and joked how they would eat it all.

This cake had 2 different flavors since they both like something different. Just one way we try to customize our cakes.

Photo Courtesy of Eddy Fong with Renai Photography

TOWER OF PASTRIES!

Aloha,
Right before we started our vacation we had the pleasure to celebrate our clients wedding with pastries. Pastries are the new trend for weddings for couples who do not want a wedding cake and not everyone does. This pastry tower had a variety of pastries including mini cupcakes, lilikoi macadamia nut cheesecake, mixed mini fruit tarts, lemon tarts and my favorite, linzer bars. I love that we spilled the pastries out onto the table on top of monstera leaves.

So if your looking for an addition to your desserts or you are looking for another option for a wedding cake, we offer a full pastry menu, macaroons and truffles.

Congratulations to our couple!
All photos courtesy of Chrisite Pham of Christie Pham Photography

Until next time have a sweet day!!

HOMER AND THE LITTLE PINK DOUGHNUT

Aloha!

I am glad to be back from vacation and baking again. I am also excited to share these photos with you of a wedding we did before vacation. Our bride wanted a 2 tier hexagon shaped cake with beautiful hand made purple orchids. She also wanted to surprise her groom with a grooms cake of Homer Simpson holding a beer. We were totally stoked to make this cake. We even added a little pink doughnut with a bite out of it. When we arrived at the hotel one of the staff actually thought someone took a bite of it. It was funny. I love how Christie Pham photographed the couples rings on the doughnut. Super cute and unique.
We wish our couple a happy marriage with lots of love.

All photos courtesy of Christie Pham of Christie Pham Photography.

HAWAII BRIDE AND GROOM PHOTO SHOOT

Aloha,

A few months ago we were approached from Hawaii Bride and Groom Magazine. The wanted to feature some of our cakes in the new issue..on stands now. We were honored and super excited about this awesome opportunity. below are 2 of the 4 cakes we made. You can view the whole feature along with our other 2 cakes photographed at Brasserie Du Vin (only my fave french cafe here) at Hawaii Bride and Groom's website or if your at the store pick it up off the news stand

Photos courtesy of the talented Garrett Nose of Garrett Nose Photography

WE ARE BACK BUT ONE LESS

ALOHA,

I hope your summer is going well!
We have missed you all very much. We have been off for over a month now. A well needed rest but vacation time to spend with family. Unfortunately, we have lost Nick for a year. For those of you who do not know, Nick is in the Navy here in Hawaii. He has left on deployment over the 4th of July weekend. He will be missed not only in the cake design process that he is so good at but also at home.

Because of this loss the structure of the business has changed and will continue to change until he returns. I will be the only one running the business so as of right now we can not take on as much work as we have been. What does this mean to you? If you are booking our services please contact us as soon as possible so we can get the date reserved for you. We do book up fast and I want to make sure i can fit you all in.

I will also be taking more vacation so that I can spend time with Nick when he has his break. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you.
I am very proud to be a wife of a sailor and I support Nick in this new journey he is on. I pray for his safe return.

I hope you all can understand and support me as well. All of your emails and phone calls are important to me and I will do my best to answer them all in a timely manner.
We will be resuming our wholesale deliveries the week of the 12th to Hapa Dog, Kailua First Stop and Bad Ass Coffee Company. So look out for us and some new pastries!

Thank you all for being loyal customers and I am looking forward to getting back to baking and posting some cakes we have done!