Choosing a Birthday Cake at La Paris: Carré, Character, or Classic

A birthday cake at La Paris usually starts with one question: do you want it to look sharp, or do you want it to make someone smile the moment they see it? Our Carré line answers the first. Carré Coco Opéra, Carré David Austeen, Carré Eddy Mitchell, Carré Meggie, Carré New York, Carré Tropical and Carré Yoko are all built the way a French pâtisserie builds a cake for a proper occasion: clean rectangular lines, a mousse or ganache filling under a mirror glaze or velvet finish, and a flavor combination that's meant to be eaten with a fork rather than just looked at. They come in fixed sizes, from a compact Carré Yoko D16 up to the 850g Carré Coco Opéra, so it's easy to match the cake to the number of guests. The character cakes answer the second question. Teddy Hug and Teddy Crush, Summer Bear, Summer Smiley, Ms. Daisy and Birthday Princess are the ones parents order for a child's party — the decoration is the point, not just the cake underneath. We also keep classic gato-style cakes in rotation (Aimee, Chocolove, Coffella, Coco Matcha, Simple Love, Velvet Heart) for people who want something familiar, and a Charlotte line (Charlotte Mango, Charlotte Passion) for a lighter, fruit-forward option. Whichever direction you go, the base is the same kitchen: our central lab in Hanoi bakes and assembles every cake, then sends it out to whichever La Paris shop is closest to you for pickup or delivery. Because these are made to order rather than sitting pre-made in a case, we ask customers to place birthday cake orders ahead of the date rather than the same day — the earlier you can tell us the date, the more design and flavor options are still open. Browse the full birthday cake range, or come by one of our shops in Hanoi to see the cakes in person before you decide.