Rise Up Cakes

2011-01-18T15:31:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone thanks for your continued support with my business. I will be moving off island soon and will be coming back in a couple years so I am no longer taking orders. See you in 2013!!

FRESH FLAVOR OF THE DAY

2010-06-17T01:33:00.000-07:00

Lavender Lemon Cupcakes with lavender-color vanilla buttercream frosting.

Jessica and Mark's Waimanalo Wedding

2010-06-17T01:27:00.000-07:00

160 POG cupcakes (passion-orange-guava) with guava filling and vanilla buttercream.

A small cake for them to cut, same flavor as the cupcakes with yellow vanilla buttercream frosting and white buttercream roses.

UPDATE!

2010-03-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

guava and lilikoi!

2010-02-06T00:54:00.000-08:00

I had a tasting with one of James' coworkers (Jessica) and her fiancee (Mark), and they wanted to try guava and lilikoi, so I made those to take to fresh cafe too!

They liked both flavors, but we came up with a great idea... POG cupcakes (for those of you who do not live on the island/know about POG-- it means passion orange guava, and it is usually a juice), how AMAZING does that sound? Filled with guava jelly or lilikoi sauce? YESSS.

So you will be seeing those in the near future. But I was loving the colors of batter and cupcakes, so here you go!

(all with vanilla buttercream)

Kealoha's baby's 1st luau!

2010-01-23T22:29:00.000-08:00

Kealoha is a girl that I met while working at Down to Earth in Kailua. Her baby was turning one, and she asked me to make her vegan cupcakes and a cake for her birthday. The party was at Waimanalo beach park, and it was such a perfect day.

She wanted them to look like waves and the ocean. And she wanted to have the cake look like flowers floating on top the ocean.

The cupcakes and cake were all chocolate filled with haupia.

The cupcakes had a swirl of vanilla buttercream and the cake had a layer of vanilla buttercream, and the flowers were coconut flavored.

FRESH CAFE! FRESH CAFE!

2010-01-23T17:45:00.001-08:00

831 Queen St. Honolulu, HI

Check it out. Cutest cafe, lunch menu, acai bowls, this place has it all. They even have a warehouse space in the back where they put on shows and open mic nights! how cool is that!?

here is their website:
http://www.freshcafehi.com/

and best of all, MY CUPCAKES ARE FOR SALE THERE. today's special is:
matcha green tea cupcakes with a raspberry cream frosting.

Christmas cupcakes!

2010-01-23T16:56:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, it is already January 23rd!! I have gotten lazy with the blogging, because I have been so busy cupcaking! But here are some cupcakes from Christmas made for my mom's friend Darlene's office Christmas party.

The top ones are chocolate filled with haupia, and a dollop of vanilla buttercream on top.

The middle ones are lychee with vanilla buttercream.

And the bottom ones are lemon with vanilla buttercream.

Daniel's Birthday

2010-01-23T16:42:00.000-08:00

Dinner at Shokudo and chocolate cupcakes!

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and lots of sprinkles and curly candles!

Transformer's 4th Birthday Party

2010-01-23T16:30:00.000-08:00

Christian's dad found out about me through craigslist, and asked me to make "Bumblebee" themed cupcakes for his son's fourth birthday.
Half of the cupcakes were vanilla, and the other half were chocolate, all with a black and yellow swirl of vanilla buttercream.
The cake on top is a layer of chocolate, and a layer of vanilla with buttercream filling and frosting.

AMY AND JESSE'S amazing carnival wedding!!

2009-11-19T11:35:00.000-08:00

The cutest couple in the world also happen to be two of my favorite people. They tied the knot last weekend, and had the most amazing wedding of all time. It was complete with dancing down the aisle, carnival games and food (ring toss, darts, coin toss, corn dogs, cotton candy, popcorn etc..)

And they had me make their wedding cake (cupcakes)!! 150 cupcakes total. 3 flavors. Chocolate chunk, carrot cake, and lychee-hoo!! All with vanilla buttercream. And they wanted a special little cake just for the two of them to cut and feed each other (shove in each other's faces). Their cake was a two layer carrot cake covered in vanilla fondant.

It was a great day, and I am so happy for them!!

Local Kine Cake Grinds

2009-11-17T18:02:00.000-08:00

Last night I had a craving for some poi..

So I made poi cupcakes, filled them with haupia, vanilla buttercream, and put some starfruit on top.

They are delicious.

The poi made the cake a little dense, but other than that they were good. :)

Bridal Shower Princess Cake

2009-11-17T17:55:00.000-08:00

For Amy's bridal shower, I made her a princess cake. It is totally silly, and just for fun. :)

Tiffany cut Barbie's hair, and I colored it to look like our friend Amy's hair, and Kelli drew tattoos on her.

The actual cake is a five layer cake, with alternating strawberry and chocolate layers and vanilla buttercream frosting.

a musician's birthday!

2009-10-18T17:32:00.001-07:00

A girl named Ginger that I used to work with at the Contemporary Art Museum Cafe wanted to do something special for her friend's birthday. She is a musician and her favorite color was green. I decided to make some elegant musical cupcakes.

Chocolate chocolate chunk
Vanilla Buttercream
Green fondant music notes.
Silver food shimmer.

I am totally in love with these roses. And the shimmer just makes them look extra special!

a birthday party!

2009-10-12T18:35:00.000-07:00

a friend of mine (Kim) asked me to make some cupcakes for her roommate's birthday.
her favorite colors are red and turquoise and her favorite cake is pumkin.

here is what i came up with!
buttercream roses and blue puffs
fondant lettering.

just for fun

2009-10-12T17:35:00.000-07:00

burger cakes! these were super fun to make, and even more fun to eat!!

vanilla bean cake "bun"
chocolate chocolate chunk "burger"
vanilla buttercream "mustard & ketchup"
coconut "lettuce"

with some sesame seeds sprinkled on top to give it that authentic look!