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Amy’s parents have been talking about visiting us from Indiana for a long time. When they announced they’d be here for her dad’s birthday, there was no question that we’d make his 1966 Pontiac GTO into cake.

Poppa Bone isn’t just a classic car fan, he has owned and restored many, many cool cars. And since he lives so far away, he hasn’t actually seen or tried one of our cakes yet. Under the hood (and the rest of the fondant) was banana cake with peanut butter buttercream, a classic flavor combination that Poppa Bone was happy to try. It’s cool to impress a great baker like Amy’s dad with one of our cakes.

Poppa Bone had a cake in his favorite flavors, but we couldn’t leave Momma Bone out of the fun. She’s one of my chocolate buddies. Chocolate is the classic treat for Valentine’s Day (when Momma Bone was visiting) and personally it’s my favorite food. If you also love chocolate, we’ll have something to talk about besides cake.

We let Momma Bone in on the secret GTO cake, and knew she’d be really surprised to get her own cake. Ever since we made the Mexican chocolate cake, I’ve wanted all of my chocolate buddies to try this flavor. Amy made it to look like a giant piece of See’s candies, like a big bon-bon from one of the boxes she’ll get for her birthday.

It was so much fun to bring Amy’s parents to the bakery to show off our space and surprise them with the two cakes. Of course we dove into the bon-bon first, leaving Poppa Bone’s car intact until after the headlights burned out.

Happy Birthday Poppa Bone! We’re glad you came to vacation with your lovely wife and us on your birthday.

Jeanne
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Ken just turned the big 5-0! Everyone was excited for my old manager, but he seemed to be surprised that everyone was making a big fuss over this landmark birthday. Over the course of a few days, he was taken out to a few meals, they brought balloons and cookies, and I was glad to show him what we’ve been doing at the bakery with his own Sharks puck cake.

He knew I’d come and bring a cake, but he wasn’t expecting a fondant decorated cake. He’s a huge San Jose Sharks hockey fan that’s had season tickets for years, so we had to make this for him. When he saw the cake he just stared and said “Well now we can’t cut into the cake” with a huge grin on his face. But with Mexican chocolate cake and Mexican chocolate buttercream under the fondant, I knew he couldn’t resist a slice.

It would have been so cool if the Sharks would have scored 5 in a blowout at the game that night, but at least they had a home game that Ken went to with some family and friends.

Happy Birthday Ken!

Jeanne
AJ’s Moonlight Bakery

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There’s no greater compliment than when the person that receives on our our cakes turns around and orders one. Denis’ wife ordered a First Communion Cake for their son and Darth Vader’s head for Denis’ birthday. So we were excited to hear from Denis.

Jack's First Communion Cake

Darth Vader Head Birthday Cake

Denis came in and we found out that he makes custom houses. He wanted us to make the cake version of the house he’s making. Am I the only one that thinks that’s funny?

It’s Christmas and the season of giving so we helped Denis give a custom house cake to the family that will soon live in the custom house that Denis is building. The cake house has no windows or doors so the kids can decorate their house just like a gingerbread house. We delivered the cake with tubes of decorator’s icing, decorating tips, and a sweet note for the kids. Nice gift!

Custom House Cake

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, surrounded by the ones you love and enjoying something sweet.

Jeanne
AJ’s Moonlight Bakery

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