Our New Shop!!!

On July 2nd, 2013 we unveiled our new custom cake shop location at 2320 South King Street.  With family and friends on hand to witness our opening, we had a beautiful blessing ceremony performed by Bishop Dean Okimura from the Koboji Shingon Mission Buddhist church. Since then we’ve had the best time here meeting with clients and designing cakes in our brand new kitchen. Check out some photos from our opening, which also shows the inside of our current space!

All photography courtesy of Kris Labang Photography

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My Week in Photos: September 23-28, 2013

Now that the super-busy summer wedding season is over and we’re getting back into the swing of things over here, we thought we’d start a “My Week in Photos” series on the blog, sharing some of the photos (some you may have seen on Instagram or FaceBook) and others that are new.

It was a busy week with weddings AND events – both the Pumpkin Carving Festival Welcome Reception and the Wedding Cafe’s Cake & Catering Workshop kept us out and about.  And another big milestone was made on Instagram.  See all our photos from this past week below:

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I attended the Pumpkin Carving Festival reception in preparation for the “Corporate Competition & Executive Carve Down”.  Come down and watch us on Wednesday, October 23 as Matthew Delaney, CEO of The Hawaii Group (who was named earlier this year by Pacific Edge Magazine as one of the fastest growing business executives in Hawaii to watch) and I will be carving a pumpkin, in competition for charity, from 4:30-8:30 PM at Tamarind Park at Bishop Square, downtown.  Here I am with Kellie Schmidtke – Director of Marketing & Communications for The Hawaii Group.

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The coveted Perpetual Trophy for the winning team!

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We reached over 7000 followers on Instagram!  Are you following us @acakelife?

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Our table set-up at The Wedding Cafe’s Cake & Catering Workshop.  It was a SOLD OUT event!  If you missed it, you can always view the video highlights HERE.

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Cupcake samples galore!  Mini red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing – one of our most popular flavors.

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Being “interviewed” by Tanna of The Wedding Cafe, and with the rest of the panel.

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A few of the display cakes at our booth.

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On one of our cakes, we added edible glitter to the fresh roses to make it SPARKLY!

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Putting the final touches on one of our wedding cakes – a 3-tier white fondant cake with purple bands and flowers.

What was the best part of your week?  Let us know in the comments!

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Ocean-Inspired-Elegance Photo Shoot

Photo courtesy of Marella Photography

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We recently collaborated with Michelle Garibay Events, and several other amazing wedding vendors for an Ocean-Inspired-Elegance Photo Shoot, which was recently featured on the Style Unveiled Blog.

The fishponds at Kualoa Ranch’s Molii Gardens served as the perfect backdrop for this ocean inspired shoot.  The clear aqua ocean served as the primary inspiration for the color palatte, with beach elements such as coral, driftwood, capiz shells and sea sponges providing accents.

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We designed a 3-tier white square cake with pearlescent diagonal ombre aqua bands on each tier.  Two silver starfish served as cake toppers, and white phalaenopsis orchids were placed as accents around each tier.

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Venue: Kualoa Ranch

Photography: Marella Photography

Table and Floral Design: Michelle Garibay Events

Cake: A Cake Life

Wood table, Cake Pedestal, Capiz Napkin Rings and Charger Plates: Event Essentials Hawaii

Invitation and Paper Detail: Bradley and Lily Fine Stationery

Table Runners, Napkins and Benches: Les Saisons

Tabletop Decor and Pillows: Pier 1 Imports

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Dayten’s Dalmatian 1st Birthday

Photography by Kristin Kato

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Dayten’s parents came to us earlier this year to create a birthday cake for his older sister’s birthday so when they came back to us again for another cake design, we were thrilled!  This time around, for Dayten’s 1st Birthday, held at Bishop Musuem, they went with a 101 Dalmatians theme.

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Along with a Dalmatian cake topper, we created 20…yes 20! unique sugar dogs.  Each one was handmade, and completely edible, with their own little touch – from their positions, collar colors, spots, etc. – every dog was different.

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Dayten’s party was quite the event with probably 300+ guests in attendance (which is typical for a baby’s first luau here in Hawaii).  To keep the kids occupied, they had a jumpy castle, a rock climbing wall, a claw-toy arcade game completely filled with stuffed Dalmatian dogs as prizes.  Ono Pops was there, along with a sushi man.  It looked like a fabulous party.  Happy Birthday Dayten!

Vendors:

Venue: Bishop Museum

Cake: A Cake Life

 

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A Cake Life Among “Top 100 Cake Designers”

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Hi Friends!!  My team and I are excited to share some of our news with you! A few weeks ago we were notified by BRIDES Magazine that A Cake Life was chosen as one of the Top 100 Cake Designers in the United States! OMG!!  It is such an honor for us to be included amongst this list of sooo many talented and amazing cake designers like Ron Ben-IsraelSweet and Saucy Shop and Cakelava!! #representHawaii!!   THANK YOU to all of YOU for reading, liking and commenting on all of our posts and allowing us to to share what we love! We are humbled and grateful for this recognition. =)

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