Michelle Monaghan still receives her annual Tom Cruise cake –

There is a bit of a running legend in the film industry that revolves around Tom Cruise and how he likes to send birthday or Christmas cakes to some of his former co-stars every year. Glen Powell, Elle and Dakota Fanning, Miles Teller, Tom Hanks, this is just a collection of the stars who still receive the famous cake every year, and another person on that list is Michelle Monaghan.

The White Lotus star worked with Cruise back in 2006 on the Mission: Impossible franchise in Mission: Impossible III and then continued to pop up occasionally in sequels such as Ghost Protocol and Fallout. This history with Cruise does mean that Monaghan is a frequent recipient of Cruise’s famous pie, something she confirmed in an interview with The Independent.

“Of course I get the Tom Cruise cake. I get it every year and I love it.”

Monaghan elaborated on the cake itself and what it’s like: “Oh, it’s annual and it’s so serious! Well, it’s coconut and it has a little ornament on it because it’s shipped during the holidays. And it says, you know, ‘warm greetings, Tom Cruise.’ And it’s so moist, so dense and just the most incredibly delicious cake you’ve ever eaten in your life.”

While Monaghan is currently starring in the third season of The White Lotus, Cruise will appear in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning in May.