CAKES CAKES CAKES - NEED BEST BIRTHDAY CAKE IN OC or LA

[compulsiveEater]

OC prefferbly.

Best for non-chocolate and chocolate please.
Non ice cream cake.
Price is not an issue.

Thank you in advance!

[burumun]

Jin Patisserie! Jin Patisserie all the way! (in Venice) The Spring Bouquet has been my birthday cake two years in a row and will be three in 2 months! Mangoes, Strawberries, in cream inside a layer of meringue *drool* and they do have other awesome cakes. The Poire, for example. And then they had this new one last time that I didn't get the name of :(

And then I do love Porto's in Glendale. It's cheaper but still the cakes there are still so so tasty.

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Jin Patisserie
1202 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

[aprmayjun]

I was doing a little cake shopping myself and bookmarked some places.

Good luck!

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Blackmarket Bakery
17941 Sky Park Cir, Irvine, CA

Let Them Eat Cake
2346 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA

[Emme]

Just my 8 cents...

Hansen's White Chocolate with Raspberry and Buttercream
Plusko's Chocolate Chip Cake w/ Vanilla Custard Filling
Viktor Benes' Chocolate Parisian
Almost anything from Leda's

[Pei]

Closer to OC: King's Hawaiian's Paradise Cake. Three colorful layers: guava, lime, and passionfruit. The flavors are very light. Without knowing, I would have just thought it was light fluffy "fruity" cake with a very thin layer of whipped cream and a gooey layer of tart passionfruit curd. $15 for an 8", which was enough for the 8 of us to eat after dinner and still have 2/3 of the cake left! One of the most interesting and tasty cakes I've had in LA, and definitely the cheapest.

I like Porto's but it's much too sweet for me. Same for Doughboy's.

Susina is great for people who don't like things overly sweet.

[OCAdam]

nice opinions

[mrshankly]

-Red Velvet Cake at Doughboys
-Pastries by Edie in Canoga Park
-Porto's Tres Leches cake (awesome!)... pick up some potato balls while you're there (yum!)
-Chocolate Fudge Cake at Grand Lux Cafe
-Victor Benes Cakes (we've had these at my work and they've all been quite good)

[search_for_the_holy_gruel]

The Berry Blossom cake at Alcove is to die for. http://alcovecafe.com/

[Joani Macaroni]

http://www.bfbakerycafe.com/index.htm
Black Forest Bakery in Lake Forest (near Dana Point) did my daughter's wedding cake in Sept. and it was very good. Had a tangy lemon, and cheese filling I think.

[Oh Robin]

Just had some birthday cake from Katella Deli this weekend. Chocolate with chocolate bavarian filling, and whipped cream icing. Amazing! So moist...

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Katella Deli-Restaurant
4470 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA 90720

[AquaW]

I'm particularly fond of the Berry Blossom @ Susina Bakery & Red Velvet at Doughboys.

~H.C.
http://la-oc-foodie.blogspot.com

[PrettyPlaty]

Second the Berry Blossom at Susina Bakery, or their Lemon Raspberry Dream. The latter is the cake I got for my BF's 30th- everyone loved it.

[Woolsey]

Susina Bakery is absolutely wonderful. They make wonderful cakes. I also think the cakes at Lark Cake Shop in Silver Lake are quite pretty, though I've only gotten the smaller cupcakes so far.

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Susina Bakery & Cafe
7122 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036

[Pei]

Second this recommendation. The only cake I would not get at Susina is chocolate IF you like very dense, intensely flavored chocolate cakes. All their cakes, including chocolate, are lightly flavored and very fluffy.

[jaket]

In LA county, Porto's bakery's tres leches cake. Out of this world.

[compulsiveEater]

thanks, what does tres leches mean?

[jaket]

3 milks... It's a rather "wet" cake that's not overly sweet. Very Cuban.

[compulsiveEater]

thanks! i was thinking king's hawaiian, which she loves. but maybe something new and better?

[ahuacatl]

Apparently it's origins aren't certain:
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/tres_leches/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_lec...