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Vintage Cakes

Valerie Gordon owns Valerie Confections .  She has been making cakes from LA's culinary past.  She started by making Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake .  She later made Blum's Lemon Crunch Cake, the grapefruit cake from the Brown Derby, the banana shortcake from Chasen's, and the coconut cream pie from the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room.

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By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Valerie Gordon owns Valerie Confections. She has been making cakes from LA's culinary past. She started by making Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake. She later made Blum's Lemon Crunch Cake, the grapefruit cake from the Brown Derby, the banana shortcake from Chasen's, and the coconut cream pie from the Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room.

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