I can't say enough good things about The Butter End - they are quick to respond, really creative, and all the cakes are delicious! At my daughter's wedding, guests so loved the cake they were asking servers for to go boxes to take a slice home! And for a recent baby shower, after sharing my theme with Kimberly, within minutes she had a sketch of the perfect design, which came to life and was amazing!!! read more

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My team had a last-minute deadline to put together a party in three weeks to celebrate our Shark Tank airing. Many cake designers said that they were completely booked and could not help us fulfill our order. We were referred to Kimberly and what a joy to work with she accommodated our budget and the kick design was amazing. We thoroughly appreciate all she did and would recommend her to anyone! read more

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Wonderful ambience a training in art. Supportive environment and brimming with h creativity.

My husband ordered a vegan cake for my birthday. You're thinking VEGAN and cakes do not go together. Oh yes they DO! I had the carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It was the best cake I've ever had!! Rich and moist. You can tell everything was hand chopped and mixed. Each bite was better than the next! We are going to buy all our cakes here. Thank you for making my birthday so special! read more

We had a great time from start to finish with the Butter End for our wedding cake. They had a cake tasting for us, where we got to sample several different flavors (you really can't go wrong). They then went through the design with us and were willing to customize our cake any way we wanted it. When we didn't have many ideas, they took us through many options and helped us customize it to make a final product we were very excited about. The cake looked beautiful on our wedding day and tasted delicious too! We had no issues and would recommend them without hesitation to anyone. read more

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Kimberly (owner and baker extraordinaire) created my wedding cake last October and it was STUNNING. Her cakes, cupcakes, cookies, scones are some of the best I've ever had not just in LA, but all over the world. She's a joy to work with and as someone with a sweet tooth to rival any kid, I can tell you this is the only bakery I will ever go to now. Do yourself a favor and get the chocolate cherry almond and coconut passionfuit flavors. The best!!! read more

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Thank you so much to The Butter End Cakery for making our wedding cake a literal work of art. Some of our guests thought it was actually a piece of art and not a cake LOL. It was beautiful and perfectly executed the clean lines we wanted. And not only was it a work of art, it was so goooood! It tasted amazing and our guests agree. Our whole experience with them was incredible, from the lovely tasting experience to our special day. Beyond grateful for The Butter End Cakery! read more

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Thank you to the Butter End for making me the most beautiful and delicious cake for my wedding! Will post pics when I get them but it was so elegant and most of all delicious! We went with the chocolate, chocolate chip cake with vanilla bean buttercream and the lemon sour cream cake with sweet lemon buttercream! Soooo good! Cannot wait for our one year anniversary to get more cake!! Favorite part was obviously the cake tasting! It was so hard to pick just 2 as they were all actually yummy. read more

We found out about The Butter End through our wedding venue, The Ebell of Los Angeles, and we were so happy to work with them after our tasting! Their flavors are so good and there's definitely something for everyone. We selected the banana chocolate chip and the carrot cake with walnuts, both with cream cheese frosting. We were also very happy to have mini figures of our dogs made for our cake! The price is very reasonable and the team did a wonderful job. read more

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True professionals and great artistry. Our wedding cake and desserts are so popular. Everybody enjoyed our wedding cake. read more

We got our wedding cake from here for our wedding on 8/20/2022. I didn't have any idea what I wanted, so I coordinated with Jess over the phone and via email our colors and that we were kindof doing a beach theme, and she sent over a design that looked great. They knocked it out of the park! The cake was stunning, and this was definitely the best vanilla bean cake I've ever had. We were so happy with our cake, and I'm already looking forward to ordering a small copy on our first year anniversary. Thanks so much! read more

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The cake was the highlight of the party!! I ordered a college graduation cake for my daughter and Kimberly came up with the best design!! The look on my daughter's face when she saw the cake was priceless!! Best thing is it looks amazing and it was delicious!! Thank you Kimberly!! read more

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I've been getting cakes from The Butter End for about 7 years now but this last one blew me away! We were going for a Cars theme but wanted something different from what we were seeing for your typical 2 year old parties. I had my initial conversation with Jess and then went through a few sketches with Kim. Although Kim is very passionate about her designs she was very open to my ideas. I equally had to trust her professional judgment. The cake turned out amazing and was very tasty (you usually don't get both)! The cake did come at premium AKA not cheap but if you have the budget I would highly highly recommend. read more

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Thank you so much to Kimberly and The Butter End for making our absolute dream wedding cake! We tasted over 30 different cakes at other bakeries, and none were quite right. When we finally arrived at The Butter End tasting and had our first bite, we knew we had found the one! Our cake was EXACTLY as I had envisioned it, and it was as beautiful as it was delicious. Our guests couldn't stop raving about it, and I'm so grateful to The Butter End for making our big day even more special. read more

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We used The Butter End Cakery as our wedding cake vendor for the wedding that we had recently at The London Hotel in West Hollywood. We used this vendor as it was recommended by our hotel and a preferred vendor. My wife and I found the cake to be a bit dry and heavy. It wasn't quite to our liking or personal tastes. On the positive side, the cake did look really nice. Overall, not great and not horrible. read more

I hired the Butter End for my wedding cake and the results were amazing. I wanted simple clean and elegant and Kimberly sketched out exactly was I was envisioning. The communication and customer service was on point. We had a 100 person cake for 70 people and every last bite was gone. I will be using them for all my cake needs in the future. read more

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My wedding cake was really bad. I chose Butter End based partially on the rave reviews. They completely changed the style and omitted key elements and colors we agreed upon. Instead, I received blobby buttercream flowers with squiggly green lines. I almost turned the cake around at the reception. I reached out to Butter End and I received a "Sorry we missed the mark in your eyes". No... the cake I received resembled nothing like what I had asked for. I have no idea how they messed so badly and I'm equally confused by the glowing reviews. I wasn't going to post a negative review but their response was dismissive and took no responsibility. If I could go back in time, choosing Butter End is the only thing I would change on my wedding day. I know it's just cake but it was so ugly and nothing like what I had asked for. read more

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I cannot express enough how AMAZING the cake I ordered for a client came out! Kimberly and her staff knocked it out of the ballpark! Gorgeous cake and delicious too. The creativity was so impressive. I gave very little inspiration and let them do whatever they thought and it was more than I could ask for. Thanks to The Butter End, my clients are very happy and I will be ordering again. read more

The Butter End Cakery - This is the "bug cake" I ordered. - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

Best wedding cake ever !!! Beautiful studio for cake tastings , had a nice spread of all cake options , water and champagne . I couldn't have been happier All the flavors were actually really good . We went with the carrot cake and the banana chocolate chip cake We had a guest count of 171 at Calamigos Ranch 3/31/19 and our final cake looked beautiful we couldn't have been any happier . Because of the size of our cake we had issues with finding a right cake stand . Luckily they rent them out . They also had extra sheets of cake to cut from first instead of going right into our cake . Hire with confidence as you won't be disappointed. High five and 5 stars all the way . Thank you soooooo much I am beyond happy from such a great stellar result read more

The Butter End Cakery - Wedding Cake 3/31/19 Calamigos Ranch Gomez-Fraga Wedding - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

THANK YOU for the incredible cake you created! The Great Dane-topped cake was most definitely the star of a big birthday weekend! All of our guests loved the delicious chocolate cake with buttercream icing and were astonished at the amazing replica of our goofy speckled Great Dane playing with his favorite toys on top. Everyone at The Butter End made a special occasion even more special! read more

I paid $2,300 for this presentation. Tastes good, but very sloppy presentation. I expected perfection at the price I was charged. Very disappointed and not impressed . The owner called me and explained her theory of the cake sloppiness. I gave her plenty opportunities to explain as we went back and forth over the phone. She blamed the florist which she didn't make any strong attempts to reach out and communicate with. I politely suggested to her that she might want to express her expectations from the florists in the future as anything they do to the cake is a reflection of her business. She then insulted me and my family by saying we should have hired a wedding planner to oversee these obstacles in a wedding. At that point she made the mistake of blaming me, the customer. Big mistake. She complained of me hanging up....of course I will hang up on her as she is so immature to blame me and my family for her carelessness.....then cries about it on Yelp. I had done business with a very selfish woman. I regret giving her a 2 star. This business is hardly a one star. I did my part and paid what she asked. She didn't even come close to delivering what I paid. I was robbed of this beautiful day for my sister-in-laws wedding ....and was not compensated a dime for the outcome. The most horrible business experience I have ever had. I beg anyone who sees the business on yelp to turn around before it's too late. Disturbing experience. read more

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It has been 10 years since our wedding and I am still getting comments about how amazingly beautiful and delicious our wedding cake was. It was a 3 tiered small beautiful and delicious hand painted cake with flowers painted in black. Each of our 90 guests received his/her own individual sized hand painted replica of the larger cake. Because the cakes were hand painted, each cake was slightly different from the other, each a true work of art. If you are looking for something truly special in a cake, no matter the occasion, the Butter End is the place to go. Kimberly is not only extremely creative but also a pleasure with whom to work. read more

Incredible service and attention to detail- I worked with Kim directly and articulated a vision for 2 birthday cakes. She was able to take the thoughts right out of my head and sent over a sketch draft of the cakes the next day that were perfect. Visually, the cakes were stunning and came out better than I imagined. Beyond the creative design and artwork itself, the cakes were delicious. Kim took the time to make sure every detail down to the icing, batter and toppings met my expectations AND tasted great too. I will be using her again and again and hope this lovely business can weather the current storms. Check out these pics! You will not be disappointed. Thanks again kim. read more

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Oh my great buttery goodness, this place is the absolute best. I really didn't know what to expect when looking around for Wedding Cakes, and I just so happened to stumble across The Butter End on one of those 'Top 10' lists on the internet. I was quite impressed by their cakes, made an appointment, and met Kimberly who is the most down-to-Earth woman you can meet. Seeing as how I didn't know what to look for a wedding cake, it sorta transferred to the vision of the cake. My (now) Husband and I had a vague idea of something "vaudeville," something that would bring those beautiful 20th Century French Posters to life. We essentially gave her free reign to play around with this theme, and the result literally blew every single person at my wedding away. The wedding cake was a vision of Midnight Blue, with a fiery french dancer gracefully placed in the front, golden grapes and leaves strategically placed to bring the cake to life. It's completely changed my perspective of what one can do with Wedding Cakes. I can't recommend this place enough. They do incredible work, and you can tell how much love is put into their cakes. Thank you all so much for the memories! read more

The Butter End Cakery - The most beautiful wedding cake ever! - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

We had the best experience with The Butter End! My contact was Jess and she was amazing to work with. She was attentive to the details, made sure she completely understood what we were wanting, and when we took awhile to get back with her about confirming, she reached out to make sure we were wanting to book or not before she booked someone else. They dropped off the cake at the venue with no problems at all, and checked on us and made sure it was exactly what we had ordered. It made our wedding experience much easier to not have to be concerned about the cake. The service was great and the cake tasted amazing! It was so beautiful and most times it's hard to find taste and look in the same business. But again, she got us the flavors we wanted and went above and behind to style it how we wanted. And the price was very reasonable as well! Overall, we had a great experience and would use The Butter End over and over again. read more

From the moment we sat down with Kimberly for a cake tasting for our wedding, we had a great connection. She was incredibly friendly and open and excited to work with us. She even captured the attention of our 10 yr old, sharing her drawing utensils and including her in every step of the process. The cakes all tasted AMAZING so it was really hard to pick what we wanted to go with from a flavor perspective. Ultimately we settled on Chocolate Almond Cherry along with the Almond for the cake and then we supplemented with mini-cupcakes in a bunch of flavors. Everyone RAVED about the cake and the cupcakes. The father of the groom even declared it was the best cake he ever had, and he is not prone to hyperbole, not to mention incredibly hard to please. One big reason we went with this bakery, is the incredible hand-made custom designs that are available. Kimberly made us the most beautiful sugar flowers creating a simple, but elegant wedding cake. Once we chose to go with Butter End Cakery, our expectations were sky high. In the end, they surpassed them in every way. read more

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I am beyond grateful that Kimberly was able to make my baby girls birthday dream come true with her beautiful Sleeping Beauty cake! All my daughter wished for was to have the cake Aurora's Fairy Godmothers made her for her birthday and her wish came true ! The cake was absolutely beautiful ! Better than I could have ever imagined ! And it tasted amazing ! I was shocked at how moist the cake was, so so so good!! Kimberly, thank you for being Penélope's Cake Fairy Godmother and making her such a MAGICAL cake. These memories will be treasured for years to come and I truly appreciate your work. THANK YOU!!!! There's nobody better than you and your team! We're life long customers!! Xoxo! read more

I'm so glad to have ordered our wedding cake from The Butter End Cakery! We did tons of research on wedding cakes, and we instantly knew that this would be the perfect place once we had our tasting. The cake tasted so amazing! It wasn't dry or too sweet or anything. It was important to us that both the taste and the presentation needed to be great and we were not disappointed at all. The cake looked so so pretty! I initially had other designs for the cake in my mind but they helped guide me on the right path on choosing the perfect wedding cake design that was unique, elegant, modern, timeless, and stunning!! Kimberly and the staff were super nice and responsive. I had a great time communicating with them throughout the entire process! :) read more

I know this is late (Its been 2 years) but They are amazing. I was looking for a bakery and my brides made found this place while driving around. They don't do drive ins but Kimberly and her assistant were so kind to invite us in. I was lucky enough to have them make my cake for my wedding because they were booked. The cakes were so delicious and gluten free They did my wedding cake and my baby shower cake. I nolonger live in LA but If I am going to do another event in the area, I will definitely use them again. read more

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What a beautiful end product! The Butter End has an amazing reputation. When we were planning our wedding in LA, we knew we wanted to have them design our cake. We set up an appointment and went and did a tasting. We dealt with Sara via phone/email and she was delightful. They are tucked away in a little shop that is hard to see from the main avenue, but once inside their shop its such a fun experience. They had a some amazing flavor to choose from. The tasting was very professional and it was so great to see some of the cakes they had on display. After selecting our cake flavor, we then dealt with the cake artist (believe it was Kimberly). While she turned out an amazing product (see yelp review for photo of our cake), she was not the most pleasant person to deal with while discussing the design of our wedding cake (seemed aloof, unexcited, and haughty... weirdly kept mentioning how lucky we were to have booked them) . Regardless, the finished product was incredible and the proof is in the pictures. read more

The Butter End Cakery - Our Wedding Cake! - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

We chose the Butter End Cakery for our wedding and I am so glad we did! Our cake was the most delicious cake I've ever had, our guests are still raving about it! read more

Great food and delicious cake were priorities for my reception and The Butter Ends' carrot cake nailed it! It was a hit with all of my family and friends who consider themselves cake connoisseurs. In the design phase Kimberly was friendly, artistic and incredibly helpful. I will definitely be using The Butter End for other life events to come! read more

The Butter End Cakery - The Butter End created a masterpiece for my special day! - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

The most amazing cake ....Kimberly is amazing. My son and his bride were married in Chenai, India in February 2012 in an awesome traditional Hindu ceremony. We wanted to create the same atmosphere of love and unity as the East met the West. I sent Kimberly pictures of the wedding in India and after a few emails, my mom and I went to visit Kimberly in Santa Monica for a cake tasting. The cake tasting was fun, organized and delicious...the carrot cake was a WOW! The she took all of our thoughts and ideas and sketched a design; it was perfect. When the cake arrived at the venue, it was breathtakingly beautiful. One of our guest said, "it looks like a sunset" and our guest on skypeconference in India said, "it was the icing on the cake" literally. Kimberly is a wonderful artist. She hand sculpted a Genasha on the top of the cake out of modeling chocolate. It is amazing and will last for years to come. Then we cut the cake and WOW! The rolled chocolate was really good. That's right NO FONDIT.....the bottom layer was to die for carrot cake and the top was rich and yummy chocolate chip chocolate. Something for everyone. It is a good thing we ordered a back up 9" carrot cake. We did not have any cake left. Several people came back for seconds and took cake home. I have already put in a request for another cake in April of 2013, just working on my theme...Red velvet is the next flavor.... Thank you Kimberly and everyone at THE BUTTER END. read more

The Butter End Cakery - East meets West wedding celebration - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

4.5 stars. Process from ordering to the design phase to the event itself was pretty easy. Everyone was friendly and helpful. I ordered a cake for my son's 3rd birthday party and they suggested the chocolate chocolate chip with vanilla buttercream, which was delicious (albeit really sweet!). The design was perfect as well (I asked to match my son's invitations). The only negatives were (which account for the half-star deduction): - they said they didn't put their cakes in boxes, which I wasn't made aware of. They improvised when my friend picked the cake up by herself but they used a random carton box and not a white cake box. I'm not sure if my theory is correct but i think the carton may have affected the outer cake layer. I know they don't use fondant and reviews say they use chocolate, but I couldn't eat the outer layer due to the taste (which tasted like carton/newspaper). - as with all cake places, they overestimate the amount of cake you will need so make sure you take this into account. Every year, I have ordered my son's cakes from different bakeries and every year, I am left with a huge amount of cake. People don't really eat large slices of cake (really more like a sliver), so this year, for 30 people, the two-tier cake was just overboard. We basically ate just the top tier (and a teeny portion of the bottom layer). I gave 3/4 of the bottom layer to my nanny and we still have some leftover three days after the party. Next time, I will order by size and not by number of people. Despite the two negatives described, this was still a really good experience for me and I would recommend them to everyone. read more

The Butter End Cakery - My son's cake for his 3rd birthday party - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California

Where do I begin!!! My husband and I got married in Los Angeles and we had so much fun. Our wedding cake was delivered on time at the restaurant and was breath taking!!! I was a little skeptical because we are from Charlotte North Carolina and everything was done by phone and email. I follow P. Diddy on instagram and they do all of his cakes. Kimberly and her staff answered all phone calls and emails promptly. The cake was delicious!!!!! Here are some pictures of the cake. Thank you Butterend for making my day sweet and perfect. read more

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Excellent service and beautiful presentation for cake tasting. Cake tasted even better on our wedding day. read more

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The cake was delicious. But the design was disappointing. Knowing what Jordan V had ordered, I felt badly for the couple when I saw the cake. It was not on the level of class and sophistication of the entire rest of the wedding. I reviewed every cake on your site in an effort to figure out what happened. It appears only one of your cakes has frosting flowers. All the rest are either real or paper flowers. I think the basic issue is that you oversold yourself. You do not have the necessary skill set to do beautiful frosting flowers, a basic, rudimentary, traditional aspect of cake decorating. 5 on taste. 1 on design. Average 3 stars. read more

This company is beyond exceptional. I am gluten free and vegan and I can not stress enough on how delicious and moist their chocolate chip cookies are. I would highly recommend ordering any custom desert/cake from The Butter End Cakery. Thank you Kimberly for always being so attentive to your clients and such a pleasure to work with! read more

After having the Butter End create a spectacular cake for my wedding, all other cakes seem like a beat up Hyundai next to a Tesla. I had multiple people tell me it was the best wedding cake they ever had. The flavors are unique (coconut passion fruit, chocolate cherry walnut, lemon blueberry) and not your standard bland flavors you see on most cakes. I can not stand frosting that is cloyingly sweet or a gloopy mess. Kimberly's frosting is light and exquisite, perfectly accompanying the fluffy cake. Basically, if you like heavy, dense, overly sugary, boring cakes that you can find at your local supermarket - these cakes are not for you. If you appreciate cake that is thoughtfully composed, elegant, and delightful - this is for you! read more

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My hubby searched fairly extensively for a good cake shop before we turned up at The Butter End for our wedding cake. He specifically wanted a 'naked cake' (the hubby hates fondant), and it was difficult to find a bakery that could comfortably do a four tiered version (to feed 150 guests). The Butter End isn't cheap, but it actually wasn't expensive compared to other cake shops, many of whom stated that they would charge a premium per slice for a naked cake style. We described what we were looking for, and it came out even more stunning than we had imagined! And the cake was absolutely delicious! The only very minor hiccup we encountered had to do with LA's real estate climate--we had initially booked our cake when the shop was housed in SaMo, and when we went a few months later (1.5 months before our wedding date) to make our final deposit, the space had been vacated. I almost had a panic attack. Several frantic calls later, it turned out that the store had lost its lease and was in the process of purchasing a new location (now in Gardena). Although they didn't have a permanent location at the time, Sara reassured us that our order was secure and they were working on it. Kimberly also personally called us to apologize for the communication error, the final coordination was all done electronically, and it all came through. Sara was also very proactive in asking us for contact info for our florist (who worked on the flowers accompanying the cake) as well as our venue and day-of-coordinator contacts. She was so easy to work with, and it was great to have someone who actually was very organized and on top of everything. Thank you Butter End for an amazing cake! read more

The Butter End Cakery - Our wedding cake, which turned out far more impressive than we'd anticipated! - Bakeries Near Me - Gardena, California