The story of Tom Cruise's favorite coconut cake from Doan's Bakery in California, its popularity in Hollywood, and its unique place in pop culture.
There’s one dessert that’s the talk of Tinseltown around the holidays: the so-called “Tom Cruise cake.” The cake, from Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, California, got its nickname because the “Mission Impossible” star famously gifts the dessert to his Hollywood friends at the end of every year. He treats his costars and colleagues to the coconut cake with chunks of white chocolate covered in cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut shavings.
Mindy Kaling shared a photo of the cake on her Instagram story on Dec. 19 with the caption “Iykyk” (an abbreviation for the phrase “If you know, you know”). The cake was even featured on the HBO show “Hacks” in its Season 3 premiere, where fictional superstar comedian Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) is lucky enough to be sent one of the cakes, which is immediately clocked by her protege Ava (Hannah Einbinder). The cake was invented by Karen Doan, who established Doan’s Bakery in 1983 by baking desserts for restaurants, coffee houses, caterers and private events. According to her granddaughter, Alexis Doan, who acts as the store manager and assists during the busy holiday season, “It’s amazing seeing it go from my grandma renting out kitchens, making wholesale cakes for her friend’s restaurant in ‘83 to now.” Alexis says that Cruise orders around 300 to 400 cakes from the bakery every year, adding that the bakery doesn’t ship them out, so they’re unaware who in Hollywood is actually receiving them. The cake, which has 12 to 16 servings, is sold on Goldbelly for $129.95 including shipping. Alexis says if you pick it up in person, the cake costs $59. The bakery also sells a medium size that serves six to eight people for $39 and an individual portion for $9. Although there’s a markup on Goldbelly, it’s proven super popular there and is sold out through late-February. The bakery ships out roughly 50 cakes per day, five days a week through the online marketplace
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