Best Of LA, April 2007

“Flat is just not a word used around here,” Elin Katz says of the fantastical confections she whips up at Rosebud Cakes. She (and her eight helpers) can create just about anything you can imagine for a birthday (or a wedding or a whatever), whether it's a 3-D Pocahontas bearing your child's visage, Godzilla tromping the Big Apple, or a bunny munching on a heart-shaped cake. One couple dreamed up a fairy-tale castle, complete with moat and working electric train, for their one-year-old. While you flip through the photo books, you'll be offered a plateful of samples to nibble on. Prices range from $50 to (gulp) $5,000, and it's best to order two weeks in advance.