Layers Cakes
Monte Vista Village Shopping Center, 9A Soledad Drive, Monterey, (831) 655‑1544, layerscake.com
A vanilla cake topped with splashed red‑velvet octopus wearing a graduation hat made of chocolate? Sure. A cake that is really ahead of… is that the red pony? Done. A birthday cake to welcome baby with three smiling baby whales spraying ocean froth (marshmallow)? Whatever you want. Layers is ready for anything and will assist you with their elaborate wedding and custom cake catalog, or design something just for you. Custom cakes are based on complexity of design (challenge: the frog pond scene from Cannery Row). Elegant wedding towers are the speciality of pastry chef Antonio Nuovo and his wife, Hazel, along with the entire staff.