Buttercake Bakery

Matthew Allard

Citysearch

Forget bawdy decorations and loud color palettes that scream for attention: This pale margarine yellow Sunset Plaza bakery is unassumingly sweet. And it seems to prefer letting its baked goods speak for themselves. Lush and lovingly frosted layer cakes, like their signature vanilla buttercake, come in three want-to-eat-it-all sizes from 5" round on up to 12" round. Homemade bars and cookies--chocolate espresso, ginger spice and peanut butter--make the aromatic shop an excellent place to drop in for a snack, but the bakery's undeniable draw is their winsome collection of cupcakes and mini…