Where To Find A White Birthday Cake With Buttercream Frosting In Van Nuys, Ca?

This is non a story nearly those garish kids cakes shaped similar trucks or massive butterflies or Elmo. (If you lot want something tricked out like a Marvel grapheme, perchance opt for a piñata.) These are classic birthday cakes, stacked in sedate tiers, more often than not former-school vanilla cakes, paved with pale buttercream, perchance some writing or confetti, maybe not. Properly observed, a birthday deserves a layer cake, regardless of how old the person getting the party happens to be.

The cake shops and bakeries — plus a couple of restaurants — listed here are all in Los Angeles, some with locations further afield. Their cakes are worth eating fifty-fifty if there isn't an occasion to marker.

Large Sugar Bake Shop: Big Sugar crams a lot of stuff into a pocket-sized storefront. There are cakes, cupcakes, pastries, cookies, pies and tarts in the cases, plus shelves stocked with political party supplies, including a good selection of block stands — something surprisingly few block shops stock. The 6-inch funfetti cakes come in various colors, including a vibrant pink, with the three layers of vanilla cake shot through with a anarchism of confetti-colored sprinkles, separated by layers of rich vanilla buttercream. $40.12182 Ventura Blvd., Studio Metropolis; (818) 508-5855; 612 S. Flower St., Los Angeles; (213) 489-1201; bigsugarbakeshop.com. @ bigsugarbakeshop

Cake Monkey's miniature vanilla birthday cake.

Cake Monkey: Elizabeth Belkind and Lisa Olin specialize in their version of Hostess-y snacks such as Rollos, Cakewiches and Pop Pies. They also do individual-size layer cakes of various flavors. The mini confetti cake is built with three layers of vanilla cake and buttercream, and decorated with confetti processed. Information technology'southward a archetype cake, though one y'all might need to serve on your kid's tea party set. $7.50. 7807 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles; (323) 932-1142; and other locations; cakemonkey.com. @cakemonkeybakery

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Distraction Cake Store: Lark, with locations in Silver Lake and Pasadena, bakes a full spectrum of pastries and offers vegan cakes and cupcakes also. Lark'southward 6-inch, 3-layer vanilla cake is built with vanilla Italian buttercream and comes with writing if you specify. With a dense nibble and low-cal frosting, it'due south a classic version of a altogether layer cake. If you're interested in something more personal, Distraction takes orders on custom cakes (castles, animals, shoes and more); simply transport in a picture of what you take in mind. $39. 3337 Due west. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles; (323) 667-2968; 1355 N Loma Ave., Pasadena; (626) 798-1031. larkcakeshop.com. @larkcakeshop

Magnolia Baker: Magnolia opened in 1996 in New York Metropolis and has locations in Mexico Urban center, Seoul, Manila and Los Angeles, amongst other cities. The Beverly Grove shop is a large, bright corner store with cases loaded with the cupcakes that initially drew crowds, plus pastries, pies, icebox desserts and layer cakes. Among the cakes is a half-dozen-inch, vanilla 3-layer cake, with lavender frosting and pastel confetti pressed into the sides. $40. 8389 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles; (323) 951-0636; magnoliabakery.com. @magnoliabakery

Milk Bar's confetti-vanilla birthday cake.

Milk Bar: Christina Tosi makes a hateful birthday cake, equally you know if you have ever been to Milk Bar, followed anything nigh the store on social media or have seen the giant motion picture of it on the wall outside her Melrose Avenue shop. The real version has a 6-inch diameter, three layers of confetti-strewn vanilla cake and vanilla frosting (sans frosted sides), and is topped with addictive cookie-dough-ish crumbs. It is the block that launched Tosi's empire, and rightfully and then. $49. 7150 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; (213) 341-8423; many out-of-land locations. milkbarstore.com. @milkbarstore

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Proof Bakery: The few cakes that Na Young Ma makes at her Atwater Hamlet bakery are seasonal, which is why y'all're getting her lemon chiffon layer cake these days, rather than the famous espresso chocolate layer cake. (Maybe make it yourself instead.) The lemon cake is an 8-inch round, composed of 4 layers of lemon chiffon cake and lemon cream made with farmers market place lemons, and topped with blowtorched meringue and edible flowers from Alma Backyard Farms in Compton. It'due south a terrific cake: not too sweet and loaded with lemon flavor. $42. 3156 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles; (323) 664-8633; proofbakery.com. @proofbakeryla

République: Pastry chef Margarita Manzke makes spectacular pastries, staff of life, desserts — and cakes, which you must gild alee of fourth dimension. My pick would be her chocolate-caramel cake, three layers of chocolate cake sandwiched by chocolate-caramel ganache and salted caramel, and covered by a massive layer of more than frosting. One reason to order and option upwards the cake? You can skip the long line that seems to be permanently installed outside République. $72 or $84. 624 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles; (310) 362-6115; republiquela.com. @republiquela

The pink confetti layer cake from Big Sugar Bake Shop.

SusieCakes: The layer cakes at SusieCakes, which has thirteen bakeries in Southern California, are impressive: old-fashioned chocolate cakes, vanilla cakes, confetti cakes, celebration cakes, cakes made with fresh fruit, ruby-red velvet, carrot and more. Yous can option the season of cake and color of buttercream frosting, become stuff written on top, even lodge a pretty impressive Barbie cake (they provide the doll; the cake is the dome of her massive skirt). The half-dozen-inch vanilla commemoration cake has confetti embedded in the layers and turquoise frosting on the outside. $39. 13029 Ventura Blvd., Studio City; (818) 659-2253; and other locations; susiecakes.com. @susiecakesbakery

Sweet Lady Jane: Opened in 1988 and now with a carte du jour that includes breakfast, sandwiches and soups, Sweet Lady Jane is known primarily for the cases loaded with cakes. Y'all can become birthday cakes shaped and busy like huge turtles and soccer balls, also as cupcakes, carrot cakes, and chocolate, red velvet, raspberry and coconut cakes. Amidst the nigh popular — particularly for grownups celebrating birthdays — is the triple berry cake, 3 layers of yellowish butter cake alternate with fresh berries and whipped cream, and topped with more whipped foam and fruit and buttercream decorations. $55. 8360 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 653-7145, and locations in Santa Monica and Encino; sweetladyjane.com. @sweetladyjanebakerycafe

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