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Mindy Kaling’s Christmas simply bought a bit of sweeter because of Tom Cruise.

On Thursday, Dec. 19, the 45-year-old actress shared a photograph of Cruise’s signature Christmas coconut cake reward for the vacations.

Abbreviating the phrase “If you recognize, you recognize,” her caption learn: “Iykyk,” alongside cake, eyes and tongue emojis.

Within the photograph, the A-list dessert sat on a gold plate, which was situated inside a cardboard field.

Cruise, 62, is thought for gifting many fellow A-list celebrities with the coconut desserts in the course of the Christmas season.

On Friday, Dec. 13, Glen Powell, 36, revealed that he had obtained his annual Christmas deal with.

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Mindy Kaling gifted with Tom Cruise’s coconut cake for the vacations.

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“The Cruise cake has arrived…” the Twisters star wrote above a photograph that featured a card that learn, “To Glen Powell, warmest needs to you this Vacation Season Tom Cruise.”

Powell, who starred in 2022’s Prime Gun: Maverick as Lt. Jake “Hangman” Seresin alongside Cruise’s Navy officer Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, beforehand spoke about his love for the coconut cake.

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Glen Powell’s cake from Tom Cruise.

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Talking on The Jennifer Hudson Show in November 2022, he stated, “It’s the most scrumptious cake you have ever had.”

“My pals which have tried it, they like it a lot that they hit me up proper round Dec. 1. ‘Hey, has it arrived but?'” the Anybody However You star continued. 

“So now I’ve a celebration at my home the place I will have the Cruise cake. It is my ‘Cruise Cake Celebration.’ And I will invite individuals over to attempt a chew or two … [they] cannot get grasping. I actually must restrict individuals. I can not allow them to come again for seconds.”

He added, “It is often demolished by the tip of the night time.”

Different stars on Cruise’s recipient record embody Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons, Angela Bassett, Hayley Atwell, Rosie O’Donnell, Tom Hanks and extra.

In 2023, Brooke Shields instructed PEOPLE that she didn’t perceive why she had been struck off the record for receiving the white chocolate coconut bundt cake from Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, California.

“I used to be on the record for some time. I had a very good 10-year run, and I bought the coconut cake yearly, which I used to be very completely happy [about],” she stated.

“It was from them and Suri, so it was the three of them, after which quickly it was no Suri and no Katie [Holmes] and simply Tom,” she added in reference to Cruise’s ex-wife and their 18-year-old daughter Suri. “Then it went from simply Tom for some time, however not each vacation. After which the cake stopped.”

Cruise’s Christmas deal with earned the quantity 33 spot on PEOPLE’S 50 Meals Faves of 2023.

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