Academy Awards: Oscar-Worthy Baked Sweets

BIG SUGAR BAKE SHOP This Studio City sweet shop is baking "best picture" cupcakes ($3.95), sparkly statue and star sugar shortbread cookies ($2.25), award-winning mini-cupcakes sold in packs of 12 ($18) and a red velvet […]

BIG SUGAR BAKE SHOP

This Studio City sweet shop is baking "best picture" cupcakes ($3.95), sparkly statue and star sugar shortbread cookies ($2.25), award-winning mini-cupcakes sold in packs of 12 ($18) and a red velvet layer cake with golden sparkle (6-inch, $40 and 9-inch, $65). Pre-ordering is a must. bigsugarbakeshop.com

BUTTERCELLI

Oscar highlights from this organic bakery in Sherman Oaks includes a cake, strawberries and two kinds of cupcakes available by the dozen. Featured are tuxedo strawberry cupcakes: marble cake filled with organic strawberry jam, frosted with organic vanilla butter cream and topped with a "tuxedo" strawberry (dipped in white and dark chocolate to look like a tuxedo jacket replete with a bow tie (strawberries can be ordered solo too); gold Champagne mini-cupcakes: Champagne cupcake covered in gold sugar dragées; and a half-sheet "director's slate" cake: organic chocolate cake filled with house-made organic whipped cream, frosted with organic vanilla butter creamed and decorated with a "director's slate" image across the top of the cake. Baked goods can be made for any need: traditional, gluten-free, vegan or gluten-free vegan. buttercelli.com

SUSIECAKES

SusieCakes is offering frosted sugar cookies in the shape of Oscar statues (above), $3.25 each. The shop is closed on Sunday, but pickup is available on Saturday for pre-orders. susiecakes.com

SWEET BUTTER KITCHEN

In addition to a special catering menu for partygoers (cheese, crudité, chicken bites, guacamole and more), Sweet Butter Kitchen in Sherman Oaks is also baking sweets, including clapboard cookies (above—$3), sparkly cupcakes ($3.25) and some glamorous cookies ($3) as well. sweetbutterkitchen.com

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