Amazing Birthday Cake

[CynGriff]

I'm looking for an amazing cake for a coworker's birthday...No lemon...nothing overtly chocolate. We've ODed on Sweet Lady Jane triple berry and I'm trying to think of something great! Any suggestions...I travel from Sherman Oaks to Culver City so I've got a pretty wide span of locations...

[Scott the Poet]

Coconut Cake at Susina Bakery. Fantastic and just had it for my own. Reasonably priced too. They are at Beverly & La Brea.

http://www.susinabakery.com/pdfs/susi...

[David Kahn]

The best birthday cake I've ever had was a carrot cake with blood orange mascarpone filling from Leda's in Sherman Oaks. I think the shop is closed now, or only doing custom orders, or something, so you'd need to see about availability, but seriously, it was amazingly good.

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Leda's Bake Shop
13722 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91423

[swtcrm]

Viktor Benes hazlenut cake is my (picky) stepdad's all time favorite birthday cake!

http://www.viktorbenes.com/

[la tache burger]

Had two stunning cakes over past few days: red velvet from Susiecakes for my birthday (yesterday, aug 11) which is killer; and other day the key lime pie from clementine, which I suppose is a pie not a cake, but as far as I'm concerned RULES!!!

[Augusta]

I've always loved Phoenix bakery in Chinatown for their light, white, strawberry and whipped cream filled cakes with toasted almonds. I've had lots of happy birthday memories from there.

Phoenix Bakery
969 N. Broadway
Los Angeles

[ultraviolet]

Phoenix is fantastic!

[SIMIHOUND]

Is Burbank too far? If you have time go to Portos in Burbank. They have a large variety and books of photos of the cakes they have done. I have never heard of anyone being unhappy with taste or prices. There there are always people ordering or picking up cakes,often more than one.

[schrutefarms]

If you like red velvet, Lark on Sunset in Silverlake is terrific.

[dtud]

i really like the parisian at emil's swiss pastry. it's chocolate with chocolate shavings - but really moist and light. delicious. emil's is on santa monica blvd. in west LA (near barrington).

http://www.emilsswisspastry.com/

also - i used to have great luck with the strawberry w/white cake and whipped cream frosting at paris pastry. yum! it's on westwood boulevard near ohio.

http://www.parispastry.com/contact.htm

[jillso]

Hummingbird Cake from BigsugarBakeshop! If you've never had hummingbird cake (it's a southern thang)...it contains bananas and pecans and pineapple and I'm not sure what else....but it's good!

[mollyomormon]

What about Susiecakes in Brentwood or Jamaica's Cakes in WLA? Neither are far off the 405...
http://www.susiecakesla.com/

http://www.jamaicascakes.com/

[vinosnob]

We're almost always on the same page mollyo, but I gotta throw out a dissenting opinion concerning Jamaica's Cakes. I've had decent cakes from them in the past (nothing special), but the last one (a red velvet) was just terrible.

[mollyomormon]

Ha! I actually don't love Jamaica's either (although they're pretty) but I know many on the board do and chalk it up to different cake tastes. But the red velvet at Susiecakes, to me, is the best cake in the city.

[vinosnob]

Good to have you back in good standing! :)