Let them eat [bundt] cake

Kate Moss once said, “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” But, I recently learned that this is false: cake tastes much better than skinny feels. Specifically, Nothing Bundt Cakes, at 30 N La Grange Rd.,tastes a heck of a lot better than skinny—or anything else.

From the moment you walk into the small chain-bakery you are immediately greeted by a bubbly and helpful staff. They quickly answer any questions and show you around the tiny store, which sells both desserts and household baking goods, and hand out free samples.

The helpful staff will then bring you to the small display case in the front of the store, and talk you through the eight flavors of cake and the four sizes. Flavors include: Chocolate Chocolate Chip, White White Chocolate, Red Velvet, White Chocolate Raspberry, Carrot, Lemon, Marble, Pecan Praline and Cinnamon Swirl. All flavors come in three sizes, ranging from personal sized “bundtlets” for $3.99, to 10-inch cakes, starting at $31.

Made with fresh and real ingredients, the cake itself is rich and decadent and slowly melts in your mouth. The most popular flavor, Chocolate Chocolate Chip, is phenomenal: the rich cake baked with full chocolate chips, which provide the perfect amount of contrasting “crunch” to the rich flavor of the cake itself. The White Chocolate Raspberry flavor is a pleasing combination of the rich vanilla cake and a sharp raspberry aftertaste.

The only negative thing to say about the cake itself would be the frosting. While the taste of the frosting is fantastic, the sheer amount of it plopped on top of the cake overwhelmed the flavor, and some customers surely will end up scraping off the excess frosting with their fork.

One thing is certain about Nothing Bundt Cakes—it tastes much better than skinny feels. Kiss your jean size goodbye.

Bottom Line: Withholding frosting abundancies, Nothing Bundt Cakes is an amazing addition to La Grange, and provides a fresh new dessert option to a bakery-less town. Because of its extremely small size, Nothing Bundt Cakes only offers carry-out and delivery options, perfect for a flavorful and rich on-the-go dessert.