The Kibler Elf

The Kibler Elf is a small business bakery located in Palo Alto, CA, operated by pastry chef Monica Kibler and offering custom cakes, cupcakes, sugar cookies, and signature coffee cakes. The bakery is best known for its signature coffee cake in six year-round flavors plus seasonal varieties, alongside custom sugar cookie sets and custom cupcakes and cakes made fully in-house including fillings and buttercream. Monica Kibler graduated from pastry school in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2015 with honors and an Associate of Arts degree, later worked at Michelin Star establishments Madera and Protege in the Menlo Park and Palo Alto area, and has spent three years on the pastry team for the Augusta National Masters Tournament. Based in Palo Alto with pickup at their home base; coffee cakes are also stocked at grocery stores and a coffee shop across the Bay Area including locations in Portola Valley, San Carlos, San Mateo, Redwood City, Los Altos, Sunnyvale, and San Jose. Customers frequently praise the attention to detail on custom sugar cookies and the on-theme results for custom orders, though a small number of reviews raise concerns about order communication and consistency.