SusieCakes at Carlsbad's Forum shopping center on Calle Barcelona bakes every layer cake, cupcake, cookie, and pie from scratch on-site using the same recipes the brand has followed since its 2006 founding in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. This Forum Carlsbad location — the brand's second in the Carlsbad community — opened in August 2024 alongside other tenants at the outdoor lifestyle center, joining the El Camino Real dining cluster that includes Yard House at The Shoppes nearby. Classic American desserts anchor the case: Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting, Chocolate Celebration Cake with vanilla buttercream, and a rotating seasonal lineup that has included pumpkin cheesecake and peppermint chocolate during winter cycles. Custom cakes for weddings, gender reveals, and graduation parties are available with 24-hour advance notice, with school-specific designs for local universities and color-matched buttercream for team celebrations. That custom-event baking program serves the same milestone-celebration market as Carlsbad Windmill by Wedgewood Weddings and other North County event venues. The gender-reveal cakes conceal SusiePink or SusieBlue buttercream beneath a white vanilla exterior, and the flagship Celebration Cake layers moist vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream in a proprietary crumb-to-frosting ratio baked fresh each morning.