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Icing Smiles

Dream, Fun, and Memorial Cakes

What you get

A free custom celebration cake for your child or a sibling, or a memorial cake after a child's death. Open now, but funds are limited, so ask early.

Who starts it
You, with a document from your doctor
How it’s sent
Online, on their website
Your time
About 30 minutes, plus waiting for the document
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Your child is between 1 and 18.
  • You must pick up the cake from the assigned volunteer baker.
  • Specific baker requests are not allowed.

  1. Ask your doctor for the documentStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    Icing Smiles needs a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from your doctor. It has to cover 3 things. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to Icing Smiles’s Dream, Fun, and Memorial Cakes. They offer a free custom celebration cake for our child or a sibling, or a memorial cake after a child's death, and they are taking applications now while funds last.

They need a signed confirmation of the diagnosis from you. It has to cover complete all required physician fields, select the qualifying condition and treatment or hospitalization pathway, and apply office stamp or our child label, or use the published fax-cover alternative. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.icingsmiles.org/families/

Could you do that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Request A Smile application
    Returning FamilyFamily ID#Child First Name / Child Last NameChild Medical or SiblingChild Date of BirthDoes the child receiving the cake have any critical food allergiesParent/Guardian First Name / Parent/Guardian Last NameParent/Guardian Email / Confirm Parent/Guardian EmailParent/Guardian PhoneParent/Guardian AddressEvent DateCake TypeEvent AddressAdd a Family Liaison to this RequestI AM THE PARENT AND/OR LEGAL GUARDIAN of the child for whom this application is for
    2026 Medical Eligibility Form
    Medical Child’s NameDate of BirthParent/Guardian Name / Phone Number / EmailThe patient is eligible based on the Eligibility Criteria Sheets AND is within 2 years of active treatment / The patient is eligible based on hospitalizations / The patient is not eligibleDate of last active treatment/chemo/radiation/surgery/transplantDatesThe patient is on hospice/palliative care / The patient will be admitted inpatient on their birthdayPhysician’s Name / Phone / Hospital Affiliation / Specialty / Physician’s Email AddressWET INK Signature of Specialist Physician ONLY / Date

    Have ready

    • Sibling birth certificate for a sibling cake request.

  3. Submit it on their websiteSend the document with your application, or the way they ask.

    • Submit the online Request A Smile application; ensure the physician MEF or accepted partner proof has been supplied as instructed.

    Email: icingsmiles@icingsmiles.org

After you send

Confirm that the success page and confirmation email both appear. If not, retry from a non-mobile device and contact icingsmiles@icingsmiles.org if the problem continues. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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