While there are several ways to tell if a celebrity is an A-lister, such as their net worth or number of awards, one of the most coveted ways is to see who makes Tom Cruise’s exclusive Christmas cake list.
The Top Gun actor, 62, has been delighting his VIP friends with the delicious coconut cake for decades, but it’s not for everyone and future deliveries are not guaranteed.
Only a few of the biggest names in showbiz have made the cut, including Tom Hanks, Glen Powell and Angela Bassett.
The delicious bake, made by Goldbelly for $126 each, consists of a ring of luxurious, moist coconut cake with sweet white chocolate chunks and a layer of cream cheese frosting, as well as toasted coconut flakes on top.
The news of Cruise’s now-famous Christmas cake was initially revealed by Kristen Dunst in a 2015 interview.
“(Tom) sends me a cake every Christmas,” she told Stylist magazine at the time.
‘It’s so good: a coconut cake with white chocolate chips. In my house we eat it in a day.
Kirsten, who starred in Interview with a Vampire with Tom, also appeared on The Graham Norton Show in 2016 to talk about what she called “the Cruise cake.”
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According to Goldbelly, the cake consists of a ring of luxurious, moist coconut Bundt cake, pieces of sweet white chocolate, a layer of cream cheese frosting, and coconut flakes on top.
“He gives me this cake every Christmas,” she explained.
‘We call it Cruise cake. It’s just this coconut cake. It is the best coconut cake I have ever tasted.
Some celebrities have been on Cruise’s cake list for decades, while others come and go.
The latest recipient is Mindy Kaling, who proudly shared a photo of the sweet indulgent on her Instagram this week.
“IYKYK,” he simply wrote alongside the image, which means “If you know, you know.”
Last year, Brooke Shields revealed that she had been removed from the recipient list for the first time in 10 years.
“I was on the list for a while; I had a good 10-year career and I got the coconut cake every year,” the actress told People at the time.
‘It was theirs and Suri’s, so it was the three of them, and soon it wasn’t Suri or Katie and just Tom.
The Top Gun actor has been delighting his VIP friends with delicious coconut Bundt cake for decades
Rosie O’Donnell has been among the top talents to receive the cake in the past.
‘Then it went from just being Tom for a while, but not every holiday. And then the cake stopped.
The latest recipient is Mindy Kaling, who proudly shared a photo of the sweet indulgent on her Instagram this week.
She pleaded: ‘I want to go back to that cake list. It’s the best cake. Tom, I need to get back on the cake list.
Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Glen revealed to Jennifer Hudson in 2022 that he throws and caters a party for his nearest and dearest.
“It’s the most delicious cake you’ll ever have,” she shared.
‘My friends who have tried it love it so much that they called me around December 1st (and said), “Hey, is it here yet?”
‘So now I have a party at my house where I will eat the Cruise cake. It’s my cruise cake party.
‘And I’ll invite people to try a bite or two… (they) can’t get greedy. I really have to limit people. I can’t let them come back even for a few seconds.
Cobie Smulders, who starred alongside Cruise in Jack Reacher: Never Look Back in 2012, was also lucky enough to be presented with the cake.
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Brooke Shields said in 2023 that she is no longer on the list, despite having been on the list for years.
Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on his late night show in 2019, she said of the dessert: ‘I leave it in my freezer and it lasts until March.
‘I mean, little by little I’m undermining this thing. It’s so good. I don’t know why. I’m not even a big sweet person, but they’re really good.’
Other stars who have taken the cake over the years include Graham Norton, Jon Hamm, Hayley Atwell, Cary Elwes, Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Elle and Dakota Fanning, Miles Teller, Rosie O’Donnell, Cobie Smulder and Jay Ellis.
Not all of Cruise’s cake recipients are Hollywood stars, as he also sends cakes to producers, journalists and executives.
This year, Empire magazine announced on social media that they had received the Bundt.
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Karen and Eric Doan, the mother-and-son duo who own the bakery that makes the cake, have spoken about how grateful they are for Tom’s generous annual contributions.
“This year has been a really difficult journey,” Eric said. yahoo in December 2020. ‘In March and April, we wondered if we were going to be able to stay open. (But) now I’m spun like a top.’
He added that Tom’s order was “one of the things that kept them alive” during the pandemic.
“There were years that kept us in business,” he said.
According to Karen, Diane Keaton was the one who presented the cake to Tom, while he was married to Katie Holmes.
she said eastern time that Diane and Katie had a contest about who knew which was the best cake and appointed Tom as the judge. She fell in love with coconut cake and the rest is history.