"Sweet Laurel has been serving the Los Angeles gluten-free/dairy-free set since even before it opened its Pacific Palisades storefront in 2018. Its cakes, also free of refined sugars, are infinitely kid-friendly, as well as kind to those who have specific allergen sensitivities. Whole cakes for order here in flavors like vanilla maple and chocolate caramel are good for toddler birthday parties, but the rosy shop also offers slices for sale at its counter. The vanilla maple cake is as the name describes: a sweet, but not too sweet, almond flour confection swiped with a dreamy maple buttercream. — Nicole Adlman, cities manager" - Eater Staff