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Jul 30

Hawaiian Family Vacation 2010

On the day after Food Network Challenge - "SpongeBob Birthday Cakes" aired for the first time in April, we were contacted by a woman whose daughter saw Rick on TV and wanted to order a special cake to celebrate their family vacation to Hawaii. She t (read full article)

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Jul 28

Sayaka and Grant's Wedding Cake

Yet another cake in our list of "favorites" for the month of July. This cake was made for the wedding of Sayaka and Grant, who were married on the same day we delivered the 4 and a half foot tall wedding cake! The towering white and silver cake wil (read full article)

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Jun 07

Tiki with Surfboard Cake

This sculpted Hawaiian tiki with a surfboard cake was a special one to us. It was ordered by a man for his wife in honor of her birthday, a day they would be unable to celebrate together because she was going on deployment. Rick chose to make this c (read full article)

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Mar 24

cakelava gets Lavalicious

First we had the Rainbowlicious. Then there was "Blogolicious", followed by "Lavalicious", the title of today's article on cakelava on the front page of the Food section of the Honolulu Star Bulletin daily newspaper. "Lavalicious" no doubt! a 2-pa (read full article)

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Mar 16

Clownfish Cake

One of our most recent cakes was this sculpted clownfish made for our client Masaki's birthday. Last year Rick designed an amazing big jungle cake for his son, and this year, his wife decided to surprise him with a beautiful birthday cake of his own (read full article)

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Mar 10

A Doggone Good Doggie Rescue Party

We live for celebrations like last Friday's Doggie Rescue Party. Parties with a purpose filled with creativity and of course, a super fun cake! Our client's daughters are crazy about dogs. They own two adorable Shih Tzu's "Issa" and "Jazzy", and bo (read full article)

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Nov 04

Tiki Cake for a 17th Anniversary

A HUGE Thank You to all of you who have reached out to us in one way or another about the Food Network Challenge. We truly appreciate the support and encouragement!One of our favorite tiki cakes to date was also the first cake Rick made in November, (read full article)

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Oct 29

Thanks for Making Us Smile!

If you want to know how to make our day, send us an unbelievably cute photo of your child enjoying our cake, as two of our clients recently did. Extra kudos to you if the cake is the same height, or is larger than the child. Big thanks to our clien (read full article)

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Oct 28

Compass Wedding Cake

We've said it before. We LOVE our clients and the awesome ideas they bring to us every day. It keeps our creative juices flowing and gives them a special cake they will remember for years to come. Rick and I were excited about this cake since we r (read full article)

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Oct 12

Harry Potter Book Cake

Late last week amidst a flurry of cake orders to prepare for, I happened to notice a silence in the kitchen and walked in to investigate. There was Rick deep in concentration, paint brush in hand working on his latest canvas, a sculpted Harry Potter (read full article)

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Aug 21

Next Featured Wedding Sneak Peek - Michelle and Dave

All images courtesy of Russ Ramos Photography and Hokuli'i ImagesWe are both excited and honored to present our next Featured Wedding couple on cakelava.com. Michelle and Dave Miyamoto were married on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at the lovely Bayer Esta (read full article)

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Jul 27

The Magical Miyamoto Matrimony

Above image courtesy of Hokuli'i Imagesabove image by cakelavaJune was a very busy month for us. The weekend before Annie and Eric's wedding, who are our current Featured Wedding couple on cakelava.com , Rick designed and made a wedding cake we had (read full article)

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