GIFT: Cake In A Jar

When you can’t be there to bake a cake, send a cake in a jar. Jar’d Cake from one of our favorite bakers, Cake Chicago, offers four delicious varieties to send as a Mother’s Day gift, or give as party favors. Everything at Cake Chicago is made from scratch, including the raspberry conserve a nd…
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GIFT: Gluten Free Gourmet Cookies

Chubby Wubby: fun name, sophisticated flavor and gluten free. Photo courtesy Cake | Chicago.   Everything is delicious at Cake, a Chicago bakery and NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (we reviewed it under a previous name, Damn Good Cookies). You can send anything on the menu as a gift, and it will delight the…
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PRODUCT: Cake In A Jar

Way back in 2009, we discovered the excellent cake in a jar from Yummy Cupcakes in Los Angeles. It became a Top Pick Of The Week, and one of those products that, years later, we still pine for, remembering every spoonful. The trend was slow in starting. After five years, in the past week we’ve…
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VALENTINE GIFT: Chubby Wubby Cookies

Raspberry Chubby Wubby cookies. Photo courtesy Cake Chicago.   Gifted cake maker Mary Winslow of Cake Chicago also turns out “Damn Good Cookies” and “Ugly Truffles.” Everything is primo quality and delicious. Mary calls her chocolates and cookies “laid back luxury sweets.” The wedding cakes are anything but laid back: both classic and modern designs.…
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