Bay Area birthday cakes • custom celebration cakes

Bay Area birthday cakes and custom cakes

La Bouchée creates made-to-order birthday cakes and custom cakes for Bay Area birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers, smash cakes, and themed celebrations. Each cake is planned around your serving count, design direction, and the kind of presentation you want for the event.

Pricing depends on size or servings, flavor, and design detail. Pickup is available by appointment in Los Gatos, and delivery is often better for larger or more delicate cakes. For bigger groups, sheet cakes are usually the more practical option.

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Custom Pricing & Quick Facts

How birthday cake pricing works

Birthday cake and custom cake quotes are based on size or servings, flavor, and design detail rather than one flat price. This keeps pricing aligned with the style, scale, and finish of your order.

Size / servings

Quote based

guest count matters
Flavor

Quote based

some flavors vary
Design detail

Quote based

theme & finish matter
Made to order Custom designs Bay Area delivery available
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What affects the final quote?

  • Custom cakes are quoted based on servings or cake size, flavor, and design detail.
  • More detailed finishes, themed work, toppers, and decorative elements can change pricing.
  • Pistachio flavor adds $10 compared with standard cake flavors.
  • Pickup is by appointment. Delivery depends on location, date, and cake size.
For the most accurate quote Send your date, guest count, flavor, design direction, and at least one inspiration photo if you have it.

Cake flavors

To make the flavor menu easier to read, the whipped cream cake menu and the buttercream-finished cake menu are listed separately below.

Whipped cream cake menu

Whipped cream flavors

Choose from this menu for cakes using our whipped cream flavor lineup. Banana Walnut is in this whipped cream menu.

Flavor Description
Chocolate Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse.
Strawberry Vanilla Vanilla cake with vanilla cream and fresh strawberries.
Pistachio Pistachio cake with pistachio mousse.
Mango Vanilla cake with vanilla cream and mango filling.
Lemon Lemon cake with lemon mousse and lemon curd.
Banana Walnut Vanilla cake with vanilla cream, fresh banana, and walnut crunch.
Mocha Chocolate cake with coffee mousse.
Vanilla Pineapple with Pistachio Crunch Vanilla cake with pineapple chunks and crushed pistachios.
Cream cheese cake menu

Cream cheese flavor

This is a separate flavor option that uses cream cheese frosting rather than whipped cream or buttercream.

Flavor Description
Red Velvet Red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.
Buttercream-finished cake menu

Buttercream flavor combinations

This is a separate menu for buttercream-finished cakes. The combinations below are not part of the whipped cream list above.

Flavor combination Description
Vanilla Buttercream with Strawberry Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and fresh strawberries.
Chocolate Buttercream with Raspberry Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and fresh raspberry filling.
Pistachio Buttercream with Raspberry Pistachio cake with pistachio buttercream and fresh raspberry filling.
Lemon Buttercream with Lemon Filling Lemon cake with lemon buttercream and lemon curd.
Vanilla Buttercream with Caramel Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, fresh banana, and a touch of caramel.
Chocolate Fudge Buttercream Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and chocolate ganache.

For the fastest quote

  1. Tell us your event date.
  2. Share serving count or guest count.
  3. Choose a flavor if you already know.
  4. Describe your design style, colors, or theme.
  5. Add pickup or delivery city and inspiration photo if you have one.
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Ready to plan your cake?

Send your date, servings, theme, and pickup or delivery details. We’ll help narrow down the best cake size, flavor, and design direction for your celebration.

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Birthday favorite

Birthday and milestone cakes

Great for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and milestone celebrations where the cake is one of the main centerpieces of the event.

  • Designed around serving count
  • Classic or playful styles
  • Good for small or larger parties
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Flowers and butterflies themed custom cake
Theme-ready

Theme cakes and custom styling

From floral and elegant to fun character or theme-based cakes, we can build around your colors, mood board, and inspiration photos.

  • Color and theme coordination
  • Heart-shaped and novelty options
  • Best with photo references
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Smash cakes

Smash cakes and smaller celebrations

A good fit for first birthdays, baby celebrations, and smaller events that still need something custom, polished, and made just for the occasion.

  • Ideal for first birthdays
  • Smaller-format custom options
  • Pickup or delivery planning available
Delivery Details

Popular birthday and custom cake occasions

These are the birthday and custom cake orders we see most often, and they usually help guide size, finish, and design direction.

Birthdays

A strong fit for themed designs, heart shapes, floral cakes, and centerpiece birthday cakes.

Anniversaries

Usually better with cleaner, more elegant styling and a more refined flavor direction.

Baby showers

Great for softer colors, delicate details, and matching desserts or cupcakes.

Smash cakes

Smaller-format custom cakes built around first birthdays and photo-friendly celebrations.

Frequently asked questions

Birthday cake and custom cake pricing depends on servings or size, flavor, and design detail. More detailed decoration and specialty finishes can affect the final quote.

Please send your event date, serving count or guest count, flavor, design direction, pickup or delivery city, and at least one inspiration photo if you have it.

For custom designs, ordering at least 10 days in advance is recommended. Popular weekends and more detailed cakes can book earlier.

We make birthday cakes, anniversary cakes, heart-shaped cakes, baby shower cakes, smash cakes, and themed celebration cakes.

Custom cakes are a great choice when design and presentation are part of the celebration. Sheet cakes are often preferred for larger groups, simple serving, and message-based celebration cakes.

For birthday and custom cakes, delivery is confirmed after we review the design, date, venue or home address, and cake size.

For custom cakes, keep the cake cool indoors after delivery and bring it out about 1 hour before cutting. Warm venues should have air-conditioned storage ready.

Cake delivery pricing depends on destination, setup needs, and cake size; send your ZIP code so we can quote it clearly.
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