Friandise

Can I just say that just by looking at the pictures I uploaded my mouth began to water. My thoughtful husband picked up this delicious treat for me from the Del Rey deli across the street and after tasting it I was sure he loved me. (Just kidding, I knew way before that Kirby cake!)
That gourmet dessert had the most perfect balance of pumpkin, frosting and chocolate. I can never look at another ding dong the same way. i plan to find out where they are located in order to try more of their delicious treat! Yum!

Unilocal INSIDER TIP FROM DOREEN (AKA AZN PERSUASION): The Kirby cakes are amazing! They are like gourmet ding dongs.
*****
I can’t wait to try their other stuff if I ever get off my no carbs no sugar diet. I tried both original and red velvet kirby cakes. I liked the original better, but both are really really good. Just sweet enough, fresh, moist, and a good size. Very rich and perfect with a glass of milk. To die for.

Ok … so there are layer cakes then there are layer cakes. The Chocolate toasted marshmellow layer cake by Friandise served at Bön Vivant Market and Café in Atwater is mouth wateringly delish There is so much to choose from I cant wait too go back for more

Tried the Kirbycake today — a super fancy Ding Dong. It was delicious.

If it had been me there’s absolutely NO way Kirby Galli’s
«Lunchbox»
, purchased at Thursday’s, Century City Farmers Market
, by my BFF, for Friday evening’s dessert would have arrived intact.
After a scrumptious, grownup Mozza2Go
pizza party (yes, we did it again), with twelve of us, one apiece, all those sweet confections (especially the «Hostess» — white squiggles atop), were particularly tempting. But, I stayed true to my one and only, Red Velvet!
Two bite cupcake. First bite, eyes closed, moist cake with a touch of devil’s food, appropriately bitter, gossamer frosting, slightly sweet, YES! Second bite as good as the first, to be remembered…
Friandise Pastries, coming soon to the Brentwood Farmers Market

I discovered Friandise cupcakes at the Thursday Farmers Market in Century City. I started working in Century City in May and visiting their booth is a weekly must-​do. My favorite thing that they make is the abuelita cake pop — omg, omg, omg. It is the most moist cake pop I’ve ever had & the touch of Mexican pepper gives it just the right amount of kick. Kirby indulges my weakness by usually making sure that 2 – 3 are put aside for me every week.
I also like her macaroons very much, as well as her Cinnamon French Toast cupcake.
I look forward to seeing Jennifer every Thursday!

Forgive me father, for I have sinned… And I’ll do it again!
I ate a Red Velvet Kirbycake. And then another that was intended for someone else that never knew what they missed out on. I couldn’t help myself. I knew the extra pound or two it would slap on me for the rest of my life. I knew the utter joy I was stealing from another person that would never taste their Kirbycake… but I was too weak. It was too good. Maybe it was the delicate reminder of my childhood as I bit into what looked like a Ding Dong. Maybe it was the juiciness of every bit of it, maybe it was that surprise center that I never expected… I lost my mind, and all I can think of is the next time I will have one. Oh boy, gotta run!

I would have given a zero if I could. My wife is still upset with this company and I am too, we just want others to know what happened with our wedding with fraindise.
I would like to tell everyone about our wedding. We found fraindise from a friend who said that their cake and desserts were good and they could do big weddings too. My wife and I contacted Kirby about doing our wedding for our 400 guests. After trying their cake and treats we booked and left our deposit. We planned for a two their cake for the top of our massive cupcake tower. We wanted everyone to have cupcakes instead of a slice of cake. We also ordered a assortment of desserts for my dessert table, for my sweet tooth. My wife was e-​mailing Kirby for about a month to get everything perfect for our wedding.
On the day of our wedding we did the traditional tea ceremonies at both of our houses. When we left my house to head to the hilton to get ready for our wedding cermony at 3:00. My wife was so nervous about everything, she had to follow up with everything from flowers to cakes. She called kirby and asked if everything was ok and she said everything was fine. My wife said «great, glad to hear that. We’ll see you later, bye bye.» After about a minute Kirby calls my wife back, she said «what do you mean we’ll see you later. Don’t tell me today is your wedding day!» My wife was freaking out and thought that Kirby was playing a joke. She said «don’t joke with me right now.» Kirby thought that our wedding was on a different day, but in all our emails and on our receipt for the deposit, the wedding was clearly on 11−12−11. We set the wedding date a year ago and had never changed it, so we dont know how she thought our wedding was on a different day. The following sunday to be exact. Our ceremony was scheduled for 3pm at the hilton and our dinner reception was at 7:00pm across the street at new capital seafood restaurant. Both of our ceremony and dinner reception was in San Gabriel. Kirby told my wife to not worry we’ll make it to the wedding, but the only thing that she could make was the 400 cupcakes. The cake and all the assortments of all their deserts could not be done in time.
My wife was so scared to tell me that she waited till the dinner reception. In the meantime, she threw up cause of all the stress of not having any cupcakes. We were standing at the entrance of the wedding greeting all the guests and taking pictures with each guests that came in. I saw the cupcakes being delivered and my wife told me don’t get mad, but i have to tell you something. I knew something was wrong when I saw her tearing up. I told her everything is great we’re married now, everything will be fine don’t cry. She told me that we had a problem with the baker. She told me that we only have cupcakes for our desserts and no cake and no dessert table. I got sad but I could not let it show or she would start to cry and only half of our guest were there and we couldn’t look sad in our wedding pictures.
The saddest moment was when the MC told us to come up to cut the cake. The photographers and videographer were all around the cupcake tower waiting for us. When we got there everybody was asking where is the cake, someone go get the cake. We said we didn’t want a cake we only did cupcakes, so we took a cupcake and both of us cut a cupcake for our picture. The cucakes didnt even taste like what we tried. They werent baked all the way and our guest didnt give us any good feedback on our cupcakes. Then after the wedding, our friends and family members found out what really happened because they knew about what we were suppose to have.
The next day, my wife emailed Kirby and she said she was sorry and that she’ll make it up to us. Months went by and my wife called and emailed Kirby in regards to her cupcake stand which is still sitting at my house back in january and she told her that she’s so busy that she’ll just pick up the stand when she has time after Valentines day. The last attempt to contact Kirby was about a month ago when my wife called and left her a message, she never returned our phone call. Its already been 5 months and we’ve heard nothing.
We just wanted to let people know about our wedding with fraindise pastries. For a business that came highly recommended, she was a major disappointment.

Kirby really takes care for her customers. She provides superb service and her desserts are delicious. I first tried Friandisepastries through an Internet coupon. I was supposed to pick up my assorted pastries at a coffee shop, but they didn’t have them. Apparently, one of the staff took them home. WTH! When I called Kirby, she hand delivered to my home my order with a couple of extra goodies. I was so amazed that she would do this. It was a holiday weekend but she took care of the problem right away. My favorite was the red velvet cake pop. So moist and perfect.
I recently ordered Thanksgiving cupcakes from Kirby. Everyone died over the white chocolate cranberry cupcake. It’s that good.
If you have a family dinner, bday party, or shower to plan, I recommend you order from her. She is quick with her email responses. You won’t be disappointed.

I was completely floored by the amazing taste and production of Kirby’s desserts. It’s no wonder Friandise caters Hollywood events, and has won cupcake accolades. :) My most recent delectable discovery: MACAROONS. Get the variety pack – you wont be sorry!
This company is wonderful because of the delicious products, the talent, and because the owner genuinely cares about making you happy.
Kirby has astounded my family and friends with some amazing cakes and cupcakes. She created a drool-​inducing Star-​Wars dessert display at my son’s 7^th birthday party, and wowed us again with an awesome Super Mario Brothers masterpiece for his 8^th.
I surprised my nephew with a fabulous, spot-​on Spongebob birthday cake earlier this year, and people are still talking about it. Her attention to detail is just superb!
Overall: Absolutely Fabulous!
I don’t live in LA anymore, but that still wont stop me from ordering cake pops for an upcoming baby shower I am throwing. Can’t wait ! :)

I can’t express how DELICIOUS the desserts were that Kirby & the Friandise team prepared for our wedding reception. From the moment I met Kirby and explained what we were looking for, I had complete faith that everything would be perfect. Kirby listened to what we wanted, made desserts especially for that big day, and not once did she say «Sorry, I can’t do that». Our customized treats were so decadent, and visually tickled your stomach, that everyone devoured all 80+ pieces in less than 5 min! From the cake pops, the strawberry pies, the macaroons, the keylime pies and spicy chex mix… everything was perfect! I can’t thank Friandise enough for making a lasting, delicious, and final memory of our big day! (not to mention, i’ve placed more orders separately from this because Kirby does it rght!!)

Friandise is FABULOUS!
I heard about Friandise through a Tippr deal my friend sent me. We each bought 2 deals to use for treats for our friend’s baby shower. I placed the order via email, providing the Tippr voucher numbers. They promptly responded, were so friendly and efficient, and even honored my friend’s tippr vouchers *no problem* to double our order. All I paid was the delivery fee to have the desserts brought to my friend’s house for the shower. Easy as pie (pun intended although they don’t do pies). Using our 4 tippr deals I got:
Cupcakes:
12 Just Vanilla
12 Coconut
Cake Pops:
12 Vanilla
12 Cookies ‘n Cream
Macarons:
8 Vanilla Bean
8 Pistachio
The desserts were a HUGE HIT, delicious, fresh and she even did a lovely baby blue theme for the baby shower (my friend was having a boy) which was THEIR suggestion since they «love doing baby showers.» How thoughtful is that? I didn’t even think I’d get to pick colors and they offered. Not your average bakery service… in terms of ordering desserts — whether it’s a birthday cake or catering an event — Friandise is the tastiest, loveliest most efficient I have ever used.

I tried Friandise after seeing a Tippr coupon deal and was very happy with the service and the pastries. The coupon was good for 6 cupcakes, 6 cakepops and a box of macaroons. I planned a special Mother’s Day treat for several people and specially requested they package each treat in a separate container rather than put all of them in one large box. They were extremely accommodating and didn’t charge me extra.
The cupcakes were delicious and the cakepops are even better! The macaroons were also great however they were all one flavor of berry, and I would have liked to try a variety pack. I was also very excited to try the Sweet Potato cupcake but they didn’t provide that option. I guess with the coupon deal you can’t choose what you get so I’ll have to try that next time. The order was ready at the Coffee Commissary in West Hollywood (they don’t have a store front, just a few locations you can pick up at). All in all it was a great purchase and everyone loved it!

I had a pop sugar certificate for this place which got me 6 cupcakes, 6 cake pops, and 4 macarons. The macarons were soft and gooey, very yummy! The cake pops were rich and creamy and packaged very nicely. I could see these being a cute wedding favor!
However, the cupcakes were dry and tasted like they were a week or two old. I got chocolate, pb&j, and vanilla cupcakes and all had the same yellow-​based breading of the cupcake (although the pb&j one had jelly in the middle) which tasted worse than a supermarket cupcake. I do not recommend these at all. If you want a really good cupcake go to Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica.
So, my advice: stick with the cake pops and macarons and stay away from the cupcakes!
(you also have to pick up the goodies at one of two coffee shops, one on Fairfax in L.A. and one in Sherman Oaks. This wasn’t a problem — just an fyi)