Tom Cruise’s $140 Cake Outsells His Ability to Win Oscars

KEY POINTS

•Each Christmas, Tom Cruise sends LA’s Doan’s Bakery’s famous white chocolate coconut bundt cake to Hollywood friends like Glen Powell and Kirsten Dunst.
•Katie Holmes introduced Cruise to the cake during their 2008 Beverly Hills party; since then, fans like Tom Hanks have praised it immensely.
•The cake ships frozen nationwide, costs $140 on Goldbelly with a two-day $35 shipping option, and is intended to be savored over several weeks.

In a Christmas tradition Hollywood waits for like a blockbuster sequel, Tom Cruise sends a select squad of stars a $140 white chocolate coconut bundt cake from LA’s Doan’s Bakery — a cake fancier than Glen Powell’s stunt reels. Katie Holmes, Olympic-Notified Baker of Fame, introduced Tom to this irresistible bundt after a Beverly Hills party circa 2008, ensuring Doan’s phone rings mostly for dense, buttery, coconut-coated cake hugs. This 3-pound cake, shipping frozen with dry ice and topped with a neon-green bow, requires patients to wait two days to defrost: apparently, that’s how long it takes to thaw celebrity expectations. Even Tom Hanks declared it ‘off-the-scale fantastic’ — aka better than your last plea for a pizza delivery. Fans like Kirsten Dunst and Cobie Smulders have sworn to eternity, nibbling the cake for months as if it’s the Financial Times of holiday gifts. Meanwhile, casual tasters debate if this dessert is a generous holiday gift or just a pricey reminder that you’re not on Cruise’s IRL friends list.