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wedding cakes

Prices for a cakelava custom designed wedding cake start at $6/serving for buttercream icing and $7/ serving for fondant, and increase based on complexity and artistry in the design. There is a $500 minimum order. We will gladly quote a price for a wedding cake once we discuss the custom design details with you.

Delivery is available on Oahu only and prices start at $25.00. Delivery charges include delivery and setup of cake. We do not guarantee the safety of any cakes that we do not deliver.  Cakes may be picked up at our studio if we are not at an event, and the time must be arranged in advance.

$35 - Downtown Honolulu, Waikiki, Kahala, Hawaii Kai
$25 - Kailua, Kaneohe
$35 - Kualoa, Aiea, Pearl City
$50 - Ewa
$55 Lanikuhonua
$75 North Shore, Waianae, Makaha - Saturday and Sunday
$100 North Shore, Waianae, Makaha - weekdays

We strongly suggest that you place your order at least 6 months in advance for wedding cakes as dates book up fast! We are presently taking orders through 2009. To place an order for a wedding cake, please call Sasha at (808) 263-2868 or use our Event Inquiry form to get started.


Retainer

As a retainer, an estimated 25% of your balance is due when you place your wedding cake order. This secures your wedding date and time with us and is non-refundable and non-transferable. We accept checks and cash only. The amount is based on the proposed cake design price per serving. All retainers must arrive within 1 week of the order being placed or the requested date and time is released for other clients. The full balance is due and collectable two weeks prior to your event date for Hawaii based checks and 3 weeks prior to your event date for mainland checks. Payments made less than two weeks prior to the event date must be paid in cash. Wedding cake orders placed less than a month in advance are considered a rush order and require an estimated 50% of the balance as a retainer.


Cake Tastings

Cake tastings are based on schedule availability and done upon request for wedding cakes only. We require at least 1 week’s notice. There is a $25 cash fee to sample up to 3 flavors from the menu, *excluding* the Chai Latte, Local Kine Special, and Banana Blueberry Mascarpone, which, if sampled, will be a $5 extra *per flavor* to sample.  If our services are booked the tasting fee will be applied towards your order. ** Please arrive on time for the appointment.  We will only wait for 15 MINUTES past the scheduled appointment time, before the appointment will need to be rescheduled.**  We require 48 hours cancellation notice for tastings.  If a cancellation occurs less than 48 hours before the scheduled appointment, the client will be charged for the cost of the tasting.  For wedding cakes 40 servings and above, you may choose up to 2 flavors free of charge for your wedding cake. 

cakelava offers a Free 1-Year Anniversary cake after 75 servings! Just call us at least two weeks in advance of your anniversary and we will create a white buttercream 6” round cake with a “Happy Anniversary” plaque at no charge. Anniversary cake orders will be honored for a pick-up date up to 1 WEEK ONLY after the anniversary date and do not include any flavors with additional charges.  Anniversary cakes must be picked up at our studio and this offer is only good for couples living on Oahu.

celebration cakes

Prices for custom designed celebration cakes, excluding sculpted cakes, start at $6/serving and increase depending on size, decoration and specialty artwork involved. Non-sculpted Celebration cakes come with a choice of a buttercream floral or festive design (swirls & stars or flowers & swirls) and additional charges apply for custom work. Sculpted cakes have a higher starting rate. Please call Sasha for a price quote.

We strongly suggest ordering your celebration cake as early as possible, as we also design cakes for weddings, which are usually booked well in advance, and we may not have the date available.

Retainer

The retainer amount for celebration cakes varies from a minimum of $50 up to 25% of the balance due for larger cakes, and is non-refundable.  All retainers must be paid within 1 week of the order being placed, or the requested date and time will be made available to other clients.  The full balance is due and collectable 2 weeks prior to your event date for Hawaii based checks and 3 weeks prior to your event date for mainland checks.  For cakes ordered 2 weeks or less prior to the event, the entire balance of the cake must be paid in cash.

Cake Samples

We do not offer cake samples for celebration cake orders.

testimonials 

We ordered a cake from Rick and Sasha for one of our great friend's belated birthday party. Because everything was last minute, they promised us a 'surprise design'. When they came to deliver the cake; we were completely speechless. It was the most beautiful and classy cake design ever. Later in the evening, everyone was even more pleasantly surprised by the fact that something so beautiful and intricate could taste so good. Cake Lava ROCKS.

--Yessica & Josh Holloway - LOST -- August 2008
 
Aloooooooha Cakelavians :)

Patton and I just got back from our honeymoon and I've been dying to give you some very well deserved feedback on our absolutely amazing cake....inside and out!  It was beautiful - it had such a classy and fun feel all wrapped up into one cake.  Our guests were blown away....and so were we!  No one had ever seen anything quite like it.  And the surprise factor for Patton and I both was great!  I would recommend to anyone to give Rick free reign of their cake design!  And the contrast of black and white was perfect with the rainbowlishious flavoring.  As soon as we cut the cake and the vibrant coloring of the rainbowlishious flavoring was noticed the cake was pretty much gone after that. It has been an absolute pleasure communicating throughout the wedding process with you and I hope for it to continue.  Thank you so much for your amazing work - you have gone above and beyond my expectations (which were pretty high to start with :)  You truly are the best in the industry and I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to have you as a part of our wedding.

-- Christie M & Patton N -- August 2008
 

Thank you so much for this! I just can't get enough. It was gorgeous and tasted just as good. We received so many compliments. We are definitely hooked and look forward to our next opportunity to have a cake made from you.


-- Leslie R – August 2008


I just wanted to say thank you for making such an awesome cake!  My family and friends loved it -- it was a show stopper!  Both of my little sisters want to have you guys do their cakes for their high school graduations.

-- Chantel G. -- August 2008

We wanted to thank you for your time & creativity when making our wedding cake.  All of our guests were amazed by how well it matched our theme and how awesome it looked!  They loved it even more once they tasted it!  :)   We loved everything about it and wanted to share with you some photos that my dad took.  Thanks for being apart of our special day!   :)

-- Amanda & Chris -- July 2008

"AMAZING!!!!!!"

That's all everyone at the wedding was saying about the cake that you made. Till this day, people are still talking about "Alex's groom's cake".

Thank you so much for making it possible to do this...Alex was speechless and evidently...so was I! It was the most amazing realistic cake I have ever seen and it tasted fantastic too! (what more could you ask for in a cake?!)

-- Danika I – July 2008

Hi, Sasha and Rick. My cake was so beautiful.I couldn't imagine a more gorgeous cake. You folks did an awesome job. When we cut the cake the servers started to cut the rest of the cake and it was all gone before I could think twice. Thanks again.

-- Brandy – July 2008


Our wedding cake was amazing! The spiky urchin on the top was such a nice, unexpected touch.  All of our friends commented on how the cake was both delicious and beautiful.  It was such a great backdrop for our pictures and first dance.  Mahalo and Aloha!

-- Mike and Ricki -- July 2008

Thank you for making my day even more memorable with your work of art.  The cake had so many compliments.  The cake wasn't just beautiful it was delicious.  In the future anyone wanting a special cake I will highly recommend cakelava.  Thanks again the cake was amazing and more beautiful than I imagined it would be. 

-- Amy B -- July 2008

We just wanted to write and tell you what a fabulous job you did on the cake for our wedding.  It was everything we were hoping for and sooo tasty.  We only wish we'd gotten to eat more of it!  Thank You!

-- Josh and Gwen -- July 2008

HI, Sasha and Rick .My cake was so beautiful.I couldn't imagine a more gorgeous cake. You folks did an awesome job.  When we cut the cake the servers started to cut the rest of the cake and it was all gone before I could blink twice. Thanks again! 

-- Brandy K– July 2008

Aloha Sasha and Rick, The wedding cake you designed and made for us was so beautiful.  So many
of our guests gave us compliments on the taste of the cake too.  We loved the banana nutella and the
design.  Thank you so much for your hard work and creativity!

-- Heidi & Edwin -- July 2008

Just wanted to say thank you for the beautiful football cake!!  Everyone at our party absolutely LOVED it and was so amazed that it was actually a cake. It was the highlight of our party!  No one wanted to cut into it because it was too beautiful, but when we did they all raved at how good it was.  Thanks again for everything!!

-- Mari  -- July 2008

Thank you for my beautiful "ladybug" birthday cake. It was the highlight of my birthday party. The cake was so adorable and cute! Thanks Rick for an awesome cake! Guests at the party couldn't believe it was a cake. So many compliments on her cake! It not only looked good, it tasted good :-) Sasha, thanks for all your help. I wish I met you both. I was busy decorating the restaurant. It was a pleasure working with you! Thanks cakelava!

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Rachel, Gary & Ashely P. -- June 2008

The cakes were amazing and yummy and quite the center of attention too!!  Thanks so much for making our day even more memorable.  Mahalo!

-- Kerry P -- June 2008

I just wanted to let you and Rick know that I am so grateful for our cake and for all your help with the wedding plans. People are still talking about how incredible the cake was and how fantastic it tasted. I have pictures of my first reaction to the cake and I have been asking my sister n law to forward to me for awhile now. It’s priceless. When I first seen the cake it took my breath away. I must have stared at it all night. It’s the first thing I show people when I show them my photos. I loved it!!!! Thanks again.

-- Danielle – May 2008


Thank you for designing and creating our beautiful yet delicious wedding cake!  Everyone raved about its beauty until they tasted it and now they still rave about how good it was.  We cannot thank you enough for helping make our reception special!

-- Beth & Barry S -- May 2008

OMG!  I had to let you know asap how much I loved my cake!  Both of them... and everyone said it was the best wedding cake they have ever had (that's a HUGE compliment coming from hard to please east coasters). We did to go boxes and everyone took a piece for breakfast.  I got extra raves about the Banana!!  Dave loved his birthday cake, he waas so surprised thank you also for including the candles.  The art was amazing!! I will miss you guys, especially Sasha (tear) maybe I will have to get re-marrid... A+++++++++ 

-- Kendra P A -- May 2008

Thank You!  You never fail to amaze us by your wonderful creations! It was a little different getting cupcakes from you instead of a cake, but nonetheless they were amazing.  The cupcake was super soft and moist and the frosting was light and had the perfect sweetness.  It was probably the best cupcake I've had all year (and I really mean it!)  We try cupcakes from various vendors all the time (we're addicted to them) and yours are by far, THE BEST!  Thanks for doing an awesome job as always! 

-- The Higas -- May 2008

We just wanted to say "THANK YOU!!!" for a wonderful and very dreamy delicious cake you have created for us for our wedding day.  All our guests loved it and we loved it so much!!! Your creativity exceeded our expectations.  We can't thank you enough! 

-- Venelin & Christina S -- May 2008

Thank you, you did such a wonderful job on Kaitlyn's 1st Birthday cake.  It was both beautiful and delicious.  Everyone was amazed and couldn't believe that it was our cake.  Thank you again for such a wonderful cake. I will definitely be using your services again. 

-- Michelle N -- May 2008

Thank you soooo much Sasha and Rick!!  The cake was outstanding and sooo delicious!! My husband and I were just blown away!!  I took so many pictures and had everyone eat it, all of it!  I couldn't save it because it tasted soo good.  Everyone thought that it was so beautiful.  I really appreciate your help and hard work and will be sure to call you for all of my other cake needs. 

-- U`i lani C. -- May 2008

Thank you  Thank you Thank you for all that you did and the magic that you pulled in getting the cake up to the top of Mount Everest!  It was a feat I didn't think anyone could pull off!  And the cake was amazing, people didn't believe it was a cake. Kudos to you both. 

-- Robyn & Barry H -- May 2008

I am just getting back into the swing of things after the wedding and I just wanted to thank you and Rick again for such a beautiful cake.  Your testimonials are right.  It is not just a cake, it is a work of art. It was beautiful and perfect.  I LOVED it!  It got many oohs and ahhs from my guests. Even (one of our vendors) said "Wow, that must be a cakelava cake."  Thank you for helping make my wedding day so special.

-- Carolina C -- April 2008

Wanda's suprise party was a smashing success this past Saturday.  Since we had the cake sitting out, many people failed to realize it was a cake!  It was a veritable work of art!  The colors were absolutely fantastic! I really liked that sage-colored base!  Wanda and all her guests were very impressed!  The cake really made her 50th Birthday extra-special. Thanks for working with me! I hope you get some customers from our referrals to you!

-- Jim S -- April 2008

The cake was beautiful - my sister loved it and the guests at the shower were very impressed.  The cake was just as delicious.  Thank you for making the party that much more special. I'll definitely be using your services again.

-- Charisse -- March 2008

The "messy" cake Rick designed for Maya's third birthday was a huge hit!  The design was creative and stunning and of course the flavor of that Guava Lava never fails!  We will be sure to come back to cakelava for all our party needs.  In fact I just might make up an occasion to get another cake sooner rather than later!

-- Kulia P -- January 2008

Our professional photos are not ready yet, but I wanted to e-mail a couple of pictures a friend of mine sent that has our beautiful and DELICIOUS cake in them.  These photos don't do the cake justice.  We loved it and so did all our guests.  This is the first time I've ever had a tasty wedding cake!  Thanks so much for all your help and more pictures will be on the way when we get them!

-- Milena & Carlos -- January 2008

I just wanted to let you know that the cake was the star of the party- sorry, Kealoha! A cute baby was still no match for the amazing cake! We actually had a bunch of people come in from off the street to ask where they could get such an wonderful cake. Kealoha could not get enough of it- he would tug on everyone to get them to show him the cake over and over, and he laughed and laughed every time he saw it. That is high praise from a little monkey! Takes one to know one! It was delicious, too- everyone asked about the cake and the frosting- how did they do that?? The kids were so thrilled to get a monkey on their plate, whch was a little consolation for having to actually cut it. It was Kealoha's first taste of sugar, and a high class way to go about it. I hope he has a long career of sugar ahead of him- but only downhill from here, I am sure.

We will be planning lots of parties as an excuse to have more amazing cakes in the future- I can guarantee it!

-- Maile M -- January 2008

Tom LOVED the cake - the whole office was in a buzz for quite some time. They really struggled with cutting into it because the flowers were so amazing they did not want to cut into it but of course after a bit they broke down! They said the guava was a gorgeous pink and super yummy. Thanks for making the day so special!!!!!

-- Francesca -- December 2007

Hi Sasha and Rick! This has been the best cake of my entire life! I have never ever seen cakes like you do in my life! Nobody does such original cakes like that in Tahiti. You could make a fortune there in my country with your cakes! I am so,so,so,so happy that i could have you make our wedding cake. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

-- Aute and Pono W – December 2007

My husband, Clyde and I would just like to say how beautiful the cake turned out.  It definitely exceeded my expectations as well as my guests.  Everyone thought the cake had a real bow on it.  Thank you so very much for designing my cake to an art-form.  It tasted as good as it looked.  Have a very wonderful holiday season and thank you again to both of you.
 
-- Tristen & Clyde A – December 2007

I loved both of our cakes!  They were just spectacular.  For the Skyline Chili can, it took many folks a long time to realize that it was a cake - even Brady. And as you said, there were many finger marks in the icing as people verified that it was cake.  I guess this surprised me, since I'd seen the photos of the work you guys do so many times that I figured people would know it was cake, but like you said, most didn't.  Brady and I had pieces of the cake and the taste was just incredible.  Not surprisingly, the cake was decimated within moments even though we served haupia for dessert earlier.

For the wedding, the cake captured our theme so well.  It was such an integral part of the decor as you'll see in some of the photos.  The guests who had cake just raved about it and several of them had two flavors ... Hopefully we'll be out there in Juy next year for our anniversary and can order our anniversary cake.  I'm also creating excuses to have my family throw a party so that we have a reason to order a cake ;-)

Enjoy the photos and please stay in touch. I know the next time we have a major family event, I'll be calling. 

Many, many thanks.

-- Colby M -- August 2007

Hey guys!  The cake was perfect!  It was beautiful and delicious and everyone loved it!  Thank you so much!  I'll be sure to pass your name along to everyone I know!  We were just so impressed.  I've attached our photo so you can use it in your "Ohana" section!  Thank you so much!

-- Anne C -- August 2007

Everyone really enjoyed the cake!  I had numerous people asking me where we had gotten the cake from.  My friend Erin came up to me and asked "Is that a cakelava cake?" We loved the candles that you provided and everyone enjoyed gathering around the cake to sing happy birthday to Keely.  You won't believe all the kids that swarmed around the cake when it was ready to be cut.  My Aunties were in the back yelling "you're not going to cut it are you?"  We didn't get to try the top teir, but we did save the bottom tier for us.  The Banana Nutella flavor is awesome!  I kept half of the tier for us to eat at home.  I really did not want to part with it.  It was a very beautiful cake, Rick really outdid himself!  He really is a master cake artist!

-- Kristen H -- August 2007

Thank you both so very, very much!!! :-) The cakes were really awesome!!  We received tons of compliments about them!!!  The guys especially liked the Seahawks cake and the wedding cake was just perfect -- I still can't believe the great work you guys do!

I still chuckle when I think about the cakes sitting on the tables... People just kept checking them out .. Like they wanted to see if it was really cake or not ... LOL ... :-)  Thank you again and the best wishes to both of you! :-)  Take care!!!

-- James and China Cristine M -- July 2007

Looking for the BEST CAKE EVER?  cakelava.  That's all I have to say.

Okay, not all.

cakelava made the cakes for our wedding (groom's cake and wedding cake). The cake was the one thing I looked forward to throughout the entire planning process.  As far as I was concerned, I could sit on the beach with my husband, in my dress and eat that cake together and know that life wasn't going to get much better.

The genius - Rick Reichart.  A god among bakers.  Sasha runs the business side.  They have logged plenty o'hours in the biz and it shows.  The result - kick a$* cakes with the utmost professionalism.

Outta this world delicious.  Incomparably creative designs.

"Drawbacks" - There's only one - because they are so good, book them early. They can do anything - including no wrong.  Check out their website - the photos will motivate you to come up with an occasion if you have to.
-- Melinda W -- July 2007 (originally posted on Yelp.com)

We just got back from Turkey yesterday and we've been meaning to write you to tell you how much we loved the cake!  It was amazing in person and tasted great too.  Since we didn't know when we'd be back in Hawaii, we ate the top tier a few days later - it was so delicious.  We'd be thrilled to be on your website with the cake.  I was hoping that you'd ask!  We were so thrilled with your cake that we'd like to write up a recommendation on theknot.com. Thanks again for an amazing cake. -- Sally & Jeff -- July 2007

We just wanted to formally thank you for the most beautiful and best tasting cake any of us have ever had in our entire lives!  I am still amazed at how you do it!  Thank you So So Much!  We loved it! -- Melissa & Chris -- July 2007

Thank you for making our fantastic wedding cake.  You helped make our magical day become a dream come true.  The delicious taste and theme presentation was exact as promised.  -- Jodie & Kevin -- July 2007

You and Rick did a wonderful job!!!  The cake was so beautiful!  When we entered the ballroom, we came through the back door so the first thing I saw  when I entered the ballroom waas the back of the cake.  At that moment I screamed "The cake!!!" and ran to the front and yelled "I Love It!" and pulled out my camera to take pictures.  Guests were almost caught, by the photographers and videographers, trying to touch the cake to see if the flowers were sugar or fake!  Everyone I talked to said that the cake was the most beautiful they ever saw at a wedding!  Not only was it beautiful on the outside, but it tasted really good!  Thank you so much for making our dream wedding cake a reality.  We love food so much ... that this cake inside and out made everything so special!  -- Rena & Nick -- June 2007

I want to tell you what a wonderful job you did on Matt and Nina's wedding cake, but mostly how impressed we were on the duplication of the CH 53 Delta helicopter you did for Matt's groom's cake.  I have told so many of my friends here in Missouri about your web site, and several of them are in awe of your creations.  We thoroughly enjoyed both cakes at the wedding in March, and congratulate you on the fine job you did for Nina, and of course, Matt, for their wedding. -- Carolyn R -- June 2007

I must say that I am very proud to have hired cakelava for our wedding cake. I am even more excited to gloat about being one of your customers. I really did want to thank you for creating such a beautiful wedding cake.  My family and I loved how it was bright red and embellished with bamboo and lotus flowers.  I loved how it had the dragon and phoenix on it as well! .. The most amazing thing was how equally tasty the cake was.  My family and friends loved the cake.  They said that it was "not only beautiful, but it was delicious as well."

I have to also mention what great customer service you provide as well.  All of my questions and concerns were taken care of professionally and in a timely fashion. Also the both of you took into consideration what my husband and I wanted and made the best of each situation.  Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to making beautiful cakes. -- Christina S -- June 2007

I just wanted to say Thank You and that I, along with everyone at the party loved the Hello Kitty cupcake creation that Rick made.  I am very, very happy that I chose cakelava and enjoyed all the different flavors of the cake.  I have recommended cakelava to everyone who asked me where I got my cupcakes.  Rest assured that I will use cakelava again. Much Mahalos! -- Esther I -- June 2007

Thank you for all your kindness! You have provided me with only the best service. You have made me feel beyond confident!! I can’t wait. – Kendra P – April 2007

SO many thanks for a unique and DELICIOUS cake! My baby shower was an incredible event for me... this baby is long awaited. I was floored when Jean, my boss, arrived with the baby blocks.  It was talk of the day!  I have thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the ohana gallery on your website...even saw a friend with his birthday cake! I will keep your number to hand for Baby's birthday luau next year! Mahalo. – Joyce M – April 2007

.Oh my goodness…I was almost speechless when I finally had a chance to see the cake. Thank you for doing such an incredible job!  Everyone was in awe of that cake.  It was spectacular, it was special and it was the one surprise I had to look forward to.  It pained me to have to cut it because it was so gorgeous.  It was so delicious too – I got only a little piece, and am trying to track down the rest of it so I can have just a bit more.  I have the top layer at home and hope that it’ll still be fresh enough to savor tonight.  Thank you for everything – it was a pleasure working with you on this one and we look forward to doing it again for other special events in the future!  -- Diedre & Mark C – February 2007

Everyone loved the cake it was delicious, I'd like to thank you for making my husbands 30Th so special, He was surprised and overwhelmed with it all. We will definitely think of you  for future events if we are around … Again thank you so much for making my husbands birthday so special and memorable, I know he'll always remember this day. – Julie B – February 2007

We just wanted to say thank you so much for the amazing cake. We were outside taking pictures and guests kept coming up to us and saying “Have you seen the cake?!” It really stole the show! Not only was it delicious, it was gorgeous. I wanted to cry when they cut it! The edible sand and frosting shells were a huge hit with everyone. – Lori & Kerry S – January 2007

 
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