Instead of making a large, round layer cake, try making smaller rounds or a triangular one. (Richard Hartog / LAT)
Slice of New Orleans Chocolate Layer Cake. (Richard Hartog / LAT)
Cake Genoise. (Richard Hartog / LAT)
Blueberry cake from Wheatberry Bakery Cafe. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Cardamom cake from Cakewalk. (Richard Hartog / LAT)
Cake syrups-from left orange, vanilla, cassis and cinamon pepper caramel syrup. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Coconut, chardonnay passion fruit cake. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Carrot cake from Cakewalk. (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Carrot cake from Cakewalk (Wally Skalij / LAT)
Large whole cakes along with small individual cakes make a colorful display at Tomi Harase’s “Cafe Blanc” on 17th Street in Costa Mesa (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)
Detail view of candies for sprinkling on the cakes at Susiecakes bakery, another new cake place popping up in L.A. at 11708 San Vicente in Brentwood. (Spencer Weiner / LAT)
6-layer Chocolate Fudge Cake, covered in Chocolate fudge frosting from Susiecakes bakery. (Spencer Weiner / LAT)
6-layer Chocolate Fudge Cake, covered in Chocolate fudge frosting, gets personalized at Susiecakes bakery. (Spencer Weiner / LAT)
