The Butter End Cakery

Such a pleasure working with A Butter End this past weekend. As a wedding coordinator, I work with a lot of vendors and they were top notch. The cake was gorgeous and tasted amazing! Highly recommend!

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 Unilocal 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.

AWESOME!!! Our four tiered wedding cake was a work of genius – stunning to look at (one guest called it some of the best artwork in the room), and so delicious that the country club chef contacted us the next day to obtain The Butter End info for their future events. He had never seen 150 people devour a cake so quickly… the waitstaff had to rush to the «rescue» in order to save the top layer for the bride & groom’s anniversary! White with delicate Oscar lace white on white pattern, touch of gold matte lining, fresh white flowers to add the finishing touch: ½ Chocolate Signature, ½ Carrot Cake: over the top FABULOUS!!! This cakery creates edible magic.

We used The Butter End for my baby’s baptism cake and it was amazing! Everyone is still talking about how delicious and beautiful the cake was. Kimberly and Sara were both so great to work with and I can’t wait to use them again for future events. I’ll never go anywhere else!

We used the The Butter End for our baby shower cake, and it was a huge hit! Everyone raved that the cake was both delicious and beautiful. Sara was great to work with and was always very friendly, helpful and quick to respond to questions. Highly recommend!

My review on The Butter End is way overdue! I got my 23^rd birthday cake from them and I could not have been any happier. The cake is THE best cake you will find anywhere. So moist, delicious, and flavorful. No artificial ingredients anywhere. And the owner Kimberly could not be any nicer. She pours her heart and soul into her business and you can definitely tell. I would recommend this place to anyone. There cakes are pricey, however, you are paying for quality ingredients and one of a kind designs so they are well worth it.

Sara and Kimberly and their team made my dream wedding cake. I visited probably 5 different bakeries and none of them could do my design. The cake looked gorgeous but was also yummy!!! We had the coconut cake with passion fruit butter cream and carrot cake as our second tier. It was magical. A huge thank you for a dream come true cake!!!

Our entire experience with Kimberly, Sara, and the Butter End Cakery team was fantastic! Our tasting was fun and it was really interesting to watch Kimberly create the beautiful design after telling her only a few ideas of what we wanted. The cake really exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t be happier with how it came out. Our flavors were Coconut Cake with Passion Fruit Buttercream and Chocolate Almond Cherry Cake with Cherry Cream Cheese Buttercream — it was really delicious both at our tasting and on the big day. I always, always appreciate businesses that are dedicated to not only incredible customer service but also a wonderful product… Butter End Cakery is one of them.

I worked with the Butter End for my wedding at Shutters this past October. The whole process of working with the ladies at the Butter End was seamless. They are attentive and caring. We loved the cake tasting and we were amazed at the design Kimberly drew out in front of us. We decided on a design that included our two dogs so they could be a part of our special day.
The day of the wedding I could not wait to see the final product and my husband and I were overwhelmed with emotion when we saw the likeness of the hand carved dogs on our cake. All of our guests raved about the look of the cake as well as the taste! The Butter End does not make a ‘dry wedding cake.’ The cake is delicious. I only wish I had eaten more on my wedding day! I am so grateful to have found the Butter End and I will definitely use them for future engagements!

Kimberly and her team did a great job on my wedding cake and custom sugar cookies. The cake tasted great and the cookies looked and tasted beautiful. Sarah in the office was quick to respond to calls and emails as well. The tasting process went smoothly also. Definitely recommend the coconut passionfruit cake and the cherry chocolate almond cake. I did two layers of each in my four tier cake.

We had The Butter End create a 2 flavored vegan cake for our wedding in September and they did a fabulous job. The cake tasting was one of the first wedding «to-​dos» that my husband and I did and it was so fun! We tasted 2 flavors and ended up going with vanilla and banana for our cake, which may sound a little odd but it was amazing! We have a french bulldog who is our baby so we selected to have him on our cake and it turned out adorable. Everyone, especially pet lovers were commenting on how much they loved that little detail. Because we were having an outdoor wedding in hot heat, a couple weeks before the wedding we were recommended to have part of the interior of our cake faux so that the layers would not melt into each other. I was unsure about this at first, but you could not tell on bit on the day of and there was still plenty of cake that was real as well as sheet cake ready to serve. The only bummer was that they only ended up serving our vanilla cake, not banana, but that was the caterer’s doing not The Butter End. We also wanted to save our dog but he got thrown away unfortunately. Luckily we have great photos of our cake to look back only. We only had one miscommunication with The Butter End about our anniversary cake, but they rectified it somewhat with saving a top for us to freeze till our 1 year. Overall they were great to work with, and the cake is amazing!

This bakery is simply delicious. I ordered our wedding cake from them and communicated by email or calls. It was a seamless experience and I loved speaking with Sara. Sara was so sweet and helped me through the nerves of planning the cake and the cake flowers. I saw my cake at the reception and smiled ear to ear. It was perfect! Everyone raved about how delicious the cake was. I’ll be ordering more cakes from this bakery in the future!

We ordered our wedding cake from The Butter End Cakery and could not have been more thrilled with the final result!
From our first tasting to the final product on our big day, Kimberly, Sara and the rest of the Butter End Cakery team provided the most incredible, personalized customer service and the MOST delicious and gorgeous wedding cake that our guests continue to talk about. The design was exactly what we had envisioned, and the taste was even more delicious than we remembered from our tasting. We highly recommend The Butter End Cakery!

Amazing !!! We used Butter End Cakery for our summer wedding in Malibu and everyone was raving about the cake. The tasting was so fun and delicious. The cake turned out even better than we imagined. Highly recommend!

My fiancée and I had a wonderful experience meeting with the lovely owner of this fine establishment for our wedding cake tasting. I don’t have a sweet tooth, but loved ALL of the cakes I tasted, especially the dark chocolate. My fiancée’s favorite was the carrot cake. The owner was friendly, warm and made this an enjoyable experience. Her artistic flair and attention to detail is also amazing!
We look forward to our wedding cake!

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 3^rd 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 ¾ 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.

I wish, I wish, I WISH I had a photo of my cake to post at the moment but I have to wait till my photographer sends them to me but this cakery is AMAZING! My wedding was last week and The Butter End created a beautiful blue/​gray fade to white cake with two flavors, vanilla and banana chocolate chip. The cake is moist and unlike any other cake I’ve tasted, and during my tasting I fell in love with the marizpan flavor but sadly couldn’t include it because of family allergies. They are extremely creative and artistic and will sit with you to determine the perfect cake design for your event. We were in awe of what was at the Shop when we did our tasting and I wish I had another event where I could hire them. Best Cake I’ve had. EVER. My guests agreed. Will be adding a photo once I get my hot little hands on it.

I reached out to them about possibly supplying the cake for my out of town wedding. They responded immediately and we set up a meeting time a month later when I would be in Santa Monica. I confirmed with them a week before my trip. At that time they informed me they would be sending a box home with me to taste. When I got to the location, the only lady at the store had no idea I was coming and nothing was prepared. She did get a box ready for me in 15 mins. I was a bit disappointed, however, I did receive a call from the rep a week later apologizing for the error. She also offered to send us an anniversary cake as compensation if we should go with them. Her sincere apology totally made up for the oversight. Unfortunately, the apology came a tad too late for I had already chosen another vendor!

So, you can kind of call me a dessert connoisseur aka fatty. I have had desserts all over the world and many times a dessert doesn’t have to look amazing to taste amazing, but on your wedding day– it damn well better!
I got married at saddlerock ranch in malibu in 2012 which is a trek from butterend cakery but they brought the cake, set it up beautifully, and left without the bridezilla (me) even noticing! Kimberly was a easy vendor to work with and the cake taste (vanilla bean and banana chocolate chip) was absolutely amazing and the décor was on point, exactly what I imagined. The flavor and density of the cake is a hard 10, and the skill and intricate attention to detail is also a 10. Kimberly is truly an artist and gave me a beautiful sketch of what we discussed but the real work was absolutely stunning!!! Sooo glad I chose butterend cakery for my big day, thanks again butterend!!!

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!