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This nationwide chain (that began in Las Vegas!) has locations all over the valley,but for tasting purposes, we visited the Arcadia location in Phoenix:
General Bakery Presentation: As a group of girls doing tastings, a Nothing Bundt Cakes shop definitely appeals to the "girly" side. Per their website: "When you enter a Nothing Bundt Cakes location you'll find witty, nostalgic decor of rich browns and soft pastels, homey furniture and a warm, friendly persona. Each store features unique and charming gifts, cards, decorator items, apparel, and cake accessories to compliment your occasion."
The store definitely matches the description above. And we have to admit that we did spend the first 5 minutes of our tasting not actually looking at the cakes (WHAT??), but shopping around the store!
The staff at this Arcadia location was friendly, attentive, and did suggest some samples that we could try while "shopping".
Cupcakes Tasted: We purchased 3 Bundlets (single serving size) for tasting purposes, but you can also purchase Bundtinis (small version) and 8", 10", and Tiered Cakes or a Bundlet Tower depending upon your needs.
We wished we had included the Chocolate Chocolate Chip in our tasting because they had samples that were yummy, but we decided to branch out of our chocolate comfort zone and try some other flavors!
Red Velvet: Described as "scarlet batter of velvety rich cocoa and buttermilk pays homage to its traditional Southern heritage. Every vibrant red cake dances with chocolate chips and is topped with our signature cream cheese frosting".
Pecan Praline: Described as: "streusel cake like grandma would bake. Rich, buttery, yellow cake with big bites of pecans enrobed in cinnamon and sugar".
Lemon Raspberry: This one was a special flavor and did not have an internet description, but we have combined 2 of their internet flavors to come up with our own description. First, the lemon cake flavor: "each bite of this light and refreshing cake has the smooth, sweet snap of lemon" (from the lemon description) "swirled with the finest raspberry puree" (from the white chocolate raspberry description).
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5 Cupcakes
Cupcake Break-Down: Did you know?: "At Nothing Bundt Cakes, we're famous for the thick, frosted petals that adorn each of our cakes. Our signature frosting is made with velvety cream cheese and real butter. For a lighter touch, choose our drizzled frosting. Our signature frosting petal design is a registered trademark owned by Nothing Bundt Cakes."
Red Velvet: we felt that this cake was dense, but moist (two traits that don't always go together); the cake coloring itself was "oddly red", but the cream cheese frosting was good and not too sweet.
Pecan Praline: we liked the "cinnamony" cake that had a "milder" taste; it was unexpectedly good
Lemon Raspberry: this flavor ended up being our favorite (which made us sad that it is not normally around); the flavors were "subtle" and "less fake" than we had experienced with other places trying to do lemon or raspberry flavoring. Of all of the Bundlets, this was the one we fought over for who could finish it.
Positives: The cakes were moist, the frosting was good, not too sweet or overwhelming. The flavors felt "well-balanced" especially between cake and frosting and cake and flavoring (such as with the lemon raspberry). The store was adorable and was definitely stocked with cake accessories! Staff was friendly, attentive, but not too attentive as to scare us away and allowed us to browse and debate flavors while shopping.
Negatives: Our main negatives were, that although each Bundlet was cute and uniform in appearance (which goes along with the branding and the image of the company - see trademarked frosting description above), they were all uniform in appearance (essentially, no individual decorations, nothing to make one flavor stand out from another aside from occasional differences in color of the cake, and the labeling on the container). The Bundlets were "a little chilled", which we had noted from previous experience, keeping cupcakes cooler for preservation sake did not always lead to the best taste or cake "softness"/"moisture". However, despite the initial "chilliness" these little cakes did seem to still be moist and soft for tasting.
Our final negative, is something no one should probably ever complain about, but alas, even though we have eaten many a cupcake lately, and even though it says "single serving size" with the Bundlets, they were almost too much for us! (too big??).
General Comments: Although not a "true Cupcake" we enjoyed our Bundlets and would definitely return to try some of their other flavors. The signature frosting and flavors works well and have not lost their "goodness" in translation as this namebrand has grown.
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