Chloe’s Hello Kitty 4th Birthday

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Gummi
Photos courtesy of Daphne Hargrove Photography
We’ve been making Chloe’s birthday cakes for the past two years – an Abby Cadabby (from Sesame Street) cake for her 2ndbirthday and a Circus cake for her 3rd birthday.  This year, for her 4th birthday, Chloe had a Spring Garden Hello Kitty themed party, at Nuuanu Community Park, complete with a bouncy house and a Hello Kitty character to greet guests.
We created a blue fondant cake with a handmade sugar Hello Kitty figure sitting in the grass, surrounded by flowers and bees.  The cupcakes were Yellow Butter Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Filling and Devils Food Cake with Cookies N Cream Filling, with various sugar Hello Kitty head toppers, bows and flowers.
In addition, they had cake pops created by Sweet Temptations Cupcakery.

We love working with repeat clients, and are always excited to see what Chloe’s mom, Kat, has in store for her party.  Happy Birthday Chloe and thanks for letting us be a part of your special day!
 Cake: A Cake Life
Cakepops: Sweet Temptations Cupcakery
Photography: Daphne Hargrove Photography

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Eliana’s Ombre Ruffle Cake

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Gummi

Photos courtesy of Taryn Kealani Photography
When Karine of Seasons of Life Events contacted us about creating a cake for her granddaughter’s baby shower we were super excited as we love her work!
She shared with us that the theme of the event was “You Are My Sunshine”, and allowed us some creative freedom.  Lately I’ve been in love with ruffles – they are so pretty and romantic, and OMBRE (having colors or tones that shade into each other) is a hot trend in the wedding world right now.
We designed a 2-tier buttercream cake, with yellow ruffles on the bottom slowly fading into white on the top tier in a soft textured buttercream.  We hand painted the “you are my sunshine” banner, and Karine provided the pennant banner cake topper.  For their flavor, they chose our Guava Cake with Lilikoi Cream Filling.
 
 
 
 
Cake: A Cake Life
Design & Coordination: Seasons of Life Events
Photography: Taryn Kealani Photography
Venue: Oceanfront Oasis
Catering: Kahala Catering

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Travel Themed Luggage Cake

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Gummi

Photos by Kristin Kato

We were asked to create a “luggage cake” for a Japanese couple getting married at the Hau Tree Lanai at the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel.  To honor their love of travel and the 11 countries they’ve visited, the 3-tier white fondant cake was made to look like three suitcases stacked on top of each other, with different clasps and handles on each.  We handmade various sugar figurines to represent the different places they’ve visited: postcards of the Sydney Opera House for Australia and a bull fighter for Spain, flags from various countries (Germany, Malaysia, etc.) hibiscus, orchids and plumeria flowers for Hawaii and two Japanese passports.  The cake topper was provided by the bride and groom and for their flavors, they chose our Yellow Butter Cake with Strawberry Cream Filling.

Cake: A Cake Life
Venue: New Otani Kaimana BeachHotel
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Sandra & Andy – Apples and Honey

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Gummi

Photos courtesy of Pinky Photography
Sandra & Andy were married in March with a civil union reception at the Laniakea YWCA (designed by Julia Morgan, the architect who designed Hearst Castle).  The theme “Apple and Honey”, representing themselves (Sandra is a teacher, hence the apple and everyone thinks Andy is sweet as honey) was found all throughout the ceremony.  Guests were given jars of homegrown honey (Andy’s brother is a beekeeper) as well as wooden honey dippers.  My favorite touch (and maybe I’m biased as I design cakes) was the Apple and Honey cake topper they had specially designed – they were sooo cute!
 
 
They chose a simple design – a two-tier, white fondant cake with red bands and gold floral piping detail so the focus could be on the cake topper.  For their flavor, they chose our Yellow Butter Cake with Fresh Strawberry Cream Filling.
 
 
 
For more info and pictures from Sandra & Andy’s civil union check out THIS FEATURE on the 4Real Weddings blog.  Thanks Sandra & Andy for letting us be a part of your special day!
 
 
 
 
 
Vendors of Sandra & Andy’s Civil Union Reception
Cake – A Cake Life
Venue – YWCA Laniakea
Photography – Pinky Photography
Linens & Lighting – REA Events
Flowers – Watanabe Florals
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Isle Media’s 1st Anniversary

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Gummi
Photos courtesy of

Isle Media is a wedding dream team, consisting of professional videographers, photographers, and hair and make up artists.  Alan Sangpan, owner of Isle Media contacted us about doing a cake for their big 1-year anniversary bash and we were happy to contribute to their event! Since then, Isle Media has begun helping us to put together a promotional video for A Cake Life – you can see some of the behind-the-scenes work HERE.
Their 1st Year Anniversary Party was held at the Honolulu Design Center and over 250 people attended the event – it was a full house!  Several other vendors were involved – Seasons of Life Events assisted with coordination, Photobox Hawaii provided a photo booth, DJ Kevo (link) and Face Art Beauty were on hand as well.

For their cake we created a 3-tier “camera themed” topsy, turvy display cake (so Alan could show off the cake in his office afterwards).  We decided on a fun, whimsical design, in their signature pearl blue color.  For the top tier of the cake, we created a custom Canon 5D Mark III camera out of sugar, a #1 matching the event invitation and a hand-painted film strip.  The middle tier included the company’s logo.  And for the bottom tier we crafted a camera strap, completely out of sugar.

In addition to the cake, we made 200 mini cupcake favors – Devil’s Food Chocolate with Blue Buttercream, wrapped in Emi Ink’s mini cupcake favor boxes.

Congratulations to Isle Media on their first business anniversary!  More photos and info can be found on their BLOG.  And go check them out – they are awesome to work with!

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