Simon Pegg is a two-time member of the illustrious Tom Cruise cake club.

Sure, he gets the famed coconut cake each Christmas like various other A-listers. But he also receives a festive gingerbread house from the star. Technically, however, this cake is for Pegg’s teenage daughter.

“Tom’s known her since she was a baby, so I think he still thinks of her as a little kid,” Pegg says with the polite smile of someone who, given the opportunity, might prefer a more grown-up dessert.

There was also one time when Cruise had his people call up a bakery at the foot of the mountain in the Alps where Pegg was snowboarding and order a special birthday cake for him. “He just knew I was there and had it sent up to the chalet where I was staying… he’s very thoughtful and has a very big heart.” The snowboard,...