ON TOP OF THE WORLD

Aloha!

In the beginning of December I received and e-mail from Alison inquiring about her wedding cake for January 1, 2009. Her and fiance Brian were coming to Hawaii to be married. Alison requesting a cake that was shaped like the world and she had a cake topper to b placed "on top of the world". What a great way to start the new year!

I was excited to make this cake. Because she explained to me that she lives in China and Brian is in New Orleans. The world represents so many things for them. One that they are half a world apart right now and two that they want to travel the world together and see many different things together. What a great concept for a wedding cake. The cake topper was just as awesome. A couple walking on the beach. And the cake topper looked just like Alison and Brian as you will see in the pictures that follow.

So I made the world with all the continents and added The Hawaiian Islands so they will always know where the the marriage started.

Alison and Brian used Hawaiian Eye Weddings and they got married at Waialae Beach Park. It was just the two of them and they looked radiant. When I went to deliver the cake I waited until they were finished with the ceremony and pictures. I am very lucky to have stayed around until after they cut the cake. Its not often I get to watch my couples cut open the cake and eat it. They choose our very popular Strawberry Shortcake. Brian told me before he was not a cake eater at all. When they cut the cake they loved it so much they went back for another piece. We can turn non cake eaters into loving cake!! What a great feeling.

Alison and Brian's wedding cake was great start to the new year for us. I am very lucky to have met them. They were such a wonderful couple to work with. We hope they have many years of travelling and being "on top of the world"

Congratulations to both of them! And thank you for letting us share in your special day.

As soon as I get some professional pictures I will share them but for right now this is what I took.

For more pictures and information on how you can get a one of a kind cake go to http://www.sunshinescakecreations.com/

SHIPPING COOKIES ALL OVER THE WORLD

Happy New Year.
I hope everyone is relaxing today and recovering from New Years Eve. We wish you a safe and wonderful New Year. Lets hope 2009 brings all the wonderful things that 2008 had. I had a wonderful 2008. Nick and I were talking about all the great things that happened. The one big event that happened for us was he came home from Iraq safe and sound. I also met some people this past year that have become good friends. My business has taken off in the past year to places I did not think were possible in such a short time. And its because of all my wonderful clients. Thank you to all of you who made our year filled with great cakes. Some were more challenging then others. In a world now a days where people are not buying as much and saving its nice to know you all still want cakes!

I am beginning a new adventure to be able to get my cookies out to everyone else outside of Hawaii. I get calls and requests all the time if I ship and until now I did not. Over the holidays I Experimented with shipping holiday cookies and it went over very well. So I decided to try advertising and shipping cookies to others ho wanted my services.
So, if you have family or friends anywhere in the world, even Iraq or Afghanistan, we can ship cookies to them.
Valentine's Day is coming up soon so get your order in now so we can get these out on time. If you are sending over seas to military please allow at least 30 days advance notice. As we all know it takes a few weeks for packages to get out there.
For more information check out www.sunshinescakecreations.com or call us and we can answer all your questions.
Happy 2009! We look forward to baking cakes for you this year!!

STILL IN LOVE AFTER 50 YEARS!!

Aloha!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I hope that Santa treated you all well and that you all got to spend some good quality time with family.

We have been working super hard this holiday season. I really want to share this story with all of you because I was touched by this story.

I got a call earlier in this month from Melissa.Her and her husband are from Virginia. And they were coming to Hawaii to help his parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

When Melissa started to explain that they were recreating her in laws wedding, i was touched. How beautiful to recreate something so special. They had called The English Rose Florist to recreate the flowers. They held the dinner in the Officers Club on MCBH and they needed a cake. The couple was married in Germany at a time that was difficult for them after the war so they never had a wedding cake. I am a firm believer that everyone should have a wedding cake. Not only because I make wedding cakes but because cutting the cake and feeding each goes way back in history and has a wonderful tradition behind it.

So I was stoked to be able to give them the wedding cake they never had. With a little planning, Melissa asked to have a "50" on top with the red roses they were using in the flowers and red and gold ribbon. I added some scroll work and gold dragees. Very simple and elegant. The kind of cakes I love to make.

When we got to the officers club to deliver the cake, Melissa was waiting for us. She and set the table with some fabric and rose petals, but the best part was the wedding pictures in frames on the ledge by the window and the wedding album that was created 50 years ago. Melissa explained some traditions that happens is Germany when you get married.

As we looked through the pictures she explained that the bride has to do something that reflects the grooms job. At the time he was (and forgive me if I say it wrong) but a lumberjack. So the bride and groom in there wedding dress and suit had to saw a log. It was a great picture. The bride also has to shave the grooms face. So there she was in her wedding dress with a razor and shaving cream. The other pictures were beautiful poses in black and white. The love they have in their eyes was something you do not see everyday. It was amazing to look through the pictures and get an idea of who this couple is.

We flipped through there album that had some recent pictures in it and Melissa pointed out one picture that caught my attention. It was of them looking at each other. It looked like posed picture but Melissa explained it was not. they look at each other like this all the time. Even after 50 years of being married they are still that much in love with each other.

We did not get a chance to meet the rest of the family. We had another delivery. But I know they had a wonderful time. They even had to saw a log again! I love traditions.

As soon as I hear from Melissa and her husband when they get back to the mainland I will forward more pictures on but for now here are a few I took.

Congratulations on celebrating 50 years of life and love. We are honored to have been able to be a part of your very special anniversary. Your story is truly an inspiration me. I hope I can reach 50 years with Nick with the same love.

GINGERBREAD COOKIES DECORATED

Aloha and welcome to the last Friday before Christmas!

Wow it has been super busy this holiday season with cookies. I am so excited to have done some wonderful parties. This blog is going to feature a party that happened this past week. Lisa and her staff at Kamehameha School ordered gingerbread men cookies. 8 inch ones to be exact. I was super excited to make traditional gingerbread. its been awhile and it always makes the place smell like the holidays. when she told me what she was doing with the cookies I was super excited. Everyone at the party was to break off into teams, they had a category and they had to decorate the gingerbread men following the theme. The pictures here are supplied by Lisa and i think the back round that was made for the gingerbread to sit on is the best idea. great way to tie the whole theme together!! I was stoked to see these pictures!! i can not remember who won, I will have to find out. One of my favorites is under the superhero category and its the cookies with the head off and the big bubble that screams HELP ME! Enjoy these pictures. I hope the inspire you all to go out and decorate gingerbread men!!

For more pictures of holiday cookies and more information on how you can order your own cookies or cakes check us out lonline at www.sunshinescakecreations.com

HAPPY ALOHA FRIDAY TO ALL OF YOU!

MR & MRS GEORGE SOMMO!

Last week I posted a blog about a winter wonderland cake. Well I heard back from the bride, Lisa yesterday with some pictures that were taken of them cutting the cake. And I wanted to share those pictures along with her e-mail. She was an awesome bride to work with. I loved all her ideas about her wedding and was so excited to make it happen! I am so glad to know that they loved the cake and the cookie favors. Because I had a blast making them.

Thank you again to Lisa and George for letting us be apart of their very special day and Thank you for sending some pictures our way. We can't wait to see all of them at a later date!

LISA'S EMAIL

Thank you sooo much for the beautiful, and I mean BEAUTIFUL, wedding cake!!! I absolutely LOVED IT!!! And I also loved the favors! You did such a great job and I cannot express how grateful I am! Everyone just "oohed" and "ahhed" over the cake and the favors. A LOT of people asked who made them. And I told them about you and about how wonderful you are. I told them that I would go with no one else when it comes to my cakes and cookies from now on! =) I wish you could've stayed for the wedding. But I am sending you some pics. I'll send you better ones when I get the professional ones back.

Lisa Sommo

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY!!!

Aloha and welcome to your Tuesday!!

We are in the midst of the holiday season!! And we have been swamped with cookie orders, gingerbread men and holiday cakes. And a whole lot of rain!!

I wanted to share this cake we just made for Carla and her office. They held the party at the Honolulu Country Club on Sunday night! Carla is a returning client. She ordered the jukebox cake back in the summer for her mom's birthday as a surprise. I was lucky enough to meet her mom when Carla wanted to try some other flavors for her holiday party. She tries our caramel apple and our chocolate hazelnut crunch. They loved both so they got both!! we made a 2 tier cake and on the base of the cake was "snow" and if you look closely you will see that the cake lights up..AGAIN! Its becoming a popular trend and we can say the in Hawaii we started it!! I am stoked about that. How many people can say they had there cake light up? And keep looking back because I have a few more cakes coming up in the near future with lights on it.

Thank you Carla for supplying me with these pictures. I can not believe I forgot to bring my camera!!

Anyway, I hope this cake inspires you to get out there and celebrate the holidays. For more cakes and holiday ideas check us out at http://www.sunshinescakecreations.com/

HAPPY TUESDAY!

WINTER WONDERLAND WEDDING

Aloha! One reason I moved to Hawaii was because I love the warm weather and the beach. The first year here was great. I lived on the North Shore right on the beach. I was in the water everyday soaking up the sun! As the years have gone on I realize how much I miss the snow. Just around Christmas and then it can go away and be summer. When Lisa contacted me earlier in the year about her wedding I was stoked to find out it was a winter wonderland theme wedding. we get so many requests for beach and summer theme cakes but not many people request a snowflake themed cake. I was super excited to meet with her and design her cake. We met one morning and our tasting went for almost 2 hours. Mainly because we were side tacked about so many different things. It was nice talking to her and really getting to know what she wanted for her wedding. When we finally designed her cake we could see it come to life. And I could not wait to make it. Not only did she want a cake but she wanted everyone to have snowflake cookies as favors.

So the week of her wedding came around and I was excited. Her cake came out beautiful. I even added an extra surprise of placing lights in the snow at the base of the cake. Very tiny lights. It added a little extra sparkle. I am big on lights on a cake!! I have never seen it done in Hawaii and I wanted our cake to stand out! And this winter wonderland cake did. It was such a great way for me to start my holiday season!

I was able to sneak down to see Lisa and she looked beautiful. Her dress was so beautiful and had beading that sparkled like falling snowflakes. She had a glow about her as well. You could tell she was truly happy.

Thank you to Lisa and George for letting us make the winter wonderland wedding come to life with cake. We wish you many years of love and happiness and look forward to making more cakes for you in the future! Congratulations.

Enjoy these pictures and I hope it inspires you to dream about the magic and warmth that snow can bring. Happy Holidays. For information and pictures check out out site at www.sunshinescakecreations.com