Cake House

They have legit coffee like lattes and cappuccinos. A lot of the other cute cafes only have super sweet watered down coffees. And the cake was not sweet so that was good :) We got the mocha chiffon.

I needed a mango cake for a birthday on a short notice and glad to say Cake House came through. The cake was fluffy and light and tasted like mangos.

I get all my breads here. Yummy

This is one of our favorite bread shops. We used to go here almost weekly back when I lived in/​regularly visited the area. Glad to see that it hasn’t changed! It is located inside of the same mall that houses Zion Korean grocery store. This place is open late, as we regularly noted/​experienced during past late night trips to Zion, which also led here. They do cakes and coffees, as well as some hot breads/​rolls. My favorite in this category is the pizza roll. As for their sweet breads, there is a large variety to be had, more plenteous during earlier hours. My favorites are the star brioche and another lighter bread, both of which are filled with cream cheese. They also have a French toast type bread, which is sweet, buttery, and so delicious. There are various other sweet, not as sweet, and not sweet at all options to be had, so I’ll say there’s something here for most everyone. I think their prices are pretty decent, as we tend to get crazy filling our basket, but the damage is always under $ 20. I highly recommend checking out this place! The only place I’d give 5 stars to and say is better than here is a significant drive away, so don’t get too caught up in my raving on a less than 5 star review. I am a fan!

We come here for the tuna sandwich – The best in the city! They sold out fast in the afternoon! CakeHouse: Pls make more! TY,

Their sweet milk cream bun and their fresia cake are absolutely divine! The cake is sooo light and moist and not too sweet, with real pieces of strawberries inside. The mango cake was not that good though– kind of dry and fake tasting.
It is located right beside Zion market and doesn’t look like much, but I highly recommend you check this place out.

Unilocal says they close at 11pm but they were closed down at 10:30. No seats and no coffee with my bread.

My little brother Peter C. turned eighteen a couple weeks ago, and we stopped by Cake House after dinner across the street. The plan was to grab a cake to go and take it upstairs to Recital, where we could sing happy birthday and have a family karaōke party. Unfortunately, we got bounced from Recital (as well as the karaōke place in Chapman Plaza) – I guess all these noraebangs are technically bars, and they are impressively scrupulous about keeping underage customers out. As a result, we ended up eating this cake in the Zion food court on the second floor.
It would’ve been better to eat at Cake House, I guess. The place isn’t super cute, as bakeries go, located as it is on the ground floor of the Zion Market building, with its strained lighting and crumbling floors. But it’s got plenty of seating – I know I’ve killed time here with my mom before, as I remember losing an earring while sitting at one of the tables. (I spent a long time searching the floor for it, but I guess it belongs to the bakery now.) The space was more or less empty when we went after dinner, but the bakery was still open for business. Plenty of cakes left on display, and they were all adorable in that Korean bakery way. Service was friendly. The cashier sent us off with plates, napkins, cutlery, and candles – everything we needed for a birthday celebration.
The food court birthday was kind of exceptionally sad. The place was completely empty except for a few employees closing shop, and it smelled overwhelmingly of floor cleaner. We sat down and sang happy birthday, and while we were eating our cake, one of the workers came over to tell us the food court was closing up and we had to leave. We scarfed our cake and made a quick exit, but I did get a picture of Peter on his 18^th birthday, standing next to a Wet Floor sign.
The saving grace – other than the ridiculous humor of the whole thing – was the Cake House chocolate chiffon cake. It was surprisingly delicious for a late-​in-​the-​day birthday cake, with a light, spongey crumb and a pleasant cocoa flavor that wasn’t too sweet or decadent. I was able to inhale most of a giant piece.
I’d definitely recommend Cake House if you want a readymade cake. I’m sure their pastries are good too – I feel like I’ve also had them at some point over the years, but all these Korean market bakery pastries do blend together after a while. Just plan ahead if you’re looking for a festive atmosphere. This place doesn’t have it, and neither does the food court upstairs.

Cake House has a several locations just in K-​town and this is my favorite among them. This locations has one of the largest selection of cakes, whole and pieces. Service is always friendly and prompt.
As far as breads and pastries from Cake House… If you haven’t had anything from Cake House and live in Los Angeles, then your life is incomplete. Their tiramisu is to die for!
Nearest Metro Station: Purple Line at Wilshire/​Normadie Station

This was a nice place to go for a sweet treat after hitting up the spa here. My boyfriend and I pigged out and each got a pastry, and a strawberry and a mango snow bing-​soo. If you haven’t had a bing-​soo (it was our first time too), it’s this delicious dessert with a layer over mochi on the bottom, snow (shaved ice), with fruit and sweetened condensed milk, topped off with a macaron of the corresponding dessert’s flavor accompanied with extra sweetened condensed milk and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. We both were wowed by the dessert that we didn’t finish our initial pastry! And don’t want to forget the pastries either! I ordered their earl grey chocolate cake, and he ordered the fraise aka cake with strawberries and whipped cream. Both cakes were delectable, decadent, and surprisingly light! Which I’m happy it was cause it would’ve over powered the deliciousness of the snow bing-​soo!
Definitely worth a stop by for a treat! Will come
Back again soon!

MOCHA BUNNNNNNNNN
there is nothing more to say than that.
mocha bun is the reason why you should go to cake house.
others may have mocha buns, but this is the real deal.
they usually run out of mocha buns rather quickly, so you should go get it when they have a lot!

We were looking for a decent bakery in Koreatown since we like ethnic pastries, but that wasn’t an easy task.
While browsing the City Center mall, we noticed Cake House near the supermarket.
It’s big, airy, it has a great selection of pastries, desserts, breads. Decent prices. We settle for 2 red bean cakes, they were very good.
They also have a nice seating area, modern, very clean, where you can enjoy your snack (and some K-​pop concerts from their tv-​s they have hanging down).
If you came all the way here, might as well try something.

Cake house is so yummy! I will grab «CREAM» anything. The breads are so sweet and delicious on it’s own, add the creams, or milk creams, or custards. My gosh… HEAVEN! I love how the breads are out on display for you to pick on your own. It’s Asia all over again. LOVE LOVE LOVE.
Suggestion: Whichever bread they have less of, grab that one, that’s probably the better one!

+Fresh and tasty pastries. I loved the fact that they were light and not overly sweet or buttery.
–A little expensive (spent $ 11 on 3 pastries) but not insane.
–They were running out of everything when I came at around 3p. It’s still pretty early so that was a bummer.
–Not the best service if you are not Korean.

This ‘City Center’ location, serving the Zion Market, Crystal Spa and EMC Seafood crowd, is a bit of a dud. I never see anything fresh coming out of the back area, so I guess everything is made during off hours, or is brought in from another location. Ample booth-​y seating to do your Lotto scratchers. I wouldn’t mind living in a house made of cake, but I think I would prefer that it be a Paris Baguette house.

My expectations were really low. I was looking for desert and coffee after getting some BBQ across the street.
I have to say this was the first decent Tiramisu I’ve had since I was in Italy. Pretty god damn tasty to be precise. The coffee wasn’t half bad either. I think the mall atmosphere leaves a little to be desired, but aside from that this place fits the bill and its open late.

First visit was perfect because I got what I wanted with the help of their super friendly staff.
Mango mango cake was all I needed and they got it. Fresh, light and not too sweet.
Located inside the Zion Market. Parking sucks but tolerable.

Mocha buns. Heat it up in the microwave like Lucia said. That is all.
I believe these are similar or is the roti buns! They are hollow on the inside with a pat of butter so they taste amazing warm. The rich mocha flavor is prominent and I swear I can swallow these whole. They are much cheaper too ! I frequent this market because it’s just awesome on awesome.

So good!
I love coming here to fix my sugar tooth. There are a variety of sweet pastries and breads. My favorite is the strawberry danish. Sweet, and fresh strawberries on top of a creamy cheese danish. There is also a blueberry flavor but this one is my favorite.
You can also order drinks. There’s inside seating if you want to meet up with lived ones and kill time.

You know, I remember when Cake House first opened. In a mall that was starting to get off the ground, it was really one of only two establishments that were flourishing. Zion market was still trying to gain footing, retail stores still needed traffic, newly opened bars/​screen golf weren’t getting enough patrons. But Cake House and the food court were bustling with people. When a new mall comes in, everyone is curious about it without committing too much to it. So naturally, food & coffee is the first to win out as people come to «sight see», have some quick lunch and a cup of joe.
Times have changed, Zion market is packed with people despite its tiny size, foot traffic is brisk if not exactly packed, EMC is getting a rep, and the food court and Cake House appear to be… dying. After a quick dinner at that food court, we headed down to Cake House for a cup of coffee and a dessert for my nephew. Haven’t been here during the day in a while, but at 8pm they looked like they were getting ready to close. There were very little pastries left, it looked as if they were in the process of closing as half of the bakery section were cleared out, and there was one table occupied.
I ordered an Americano and my nephew a $ 3.75 chocolate cupcake, packed nicely in a plastic casing and decorated prettily. I took a bite of his cupcake and thought… wow, it tastes exactly like what I ate at school in elementary school! I’m pretty sure that didn’t cost $ 3.75 though… The Americano, at a relatively inexpensive $ 2.60, took me back to early 2000’s when coffee in K-​town tasted like Folger’s. It was possibly the most plain tasting Americano I’ve had in a long time. Decidedly mediocre. And, they ran out of the ice cream bars that I used to enjoy immensely back in the day out at the Buena Park store.
Non-​distinct coffee, cake-​mix taste cupcakes, non-​existent ambiance, all make for my very first 2-​star review. What a shame for this once promising bakery that is failing to compete with the new big boys.