Photograph by Andrew Doench
Carrot Cake
Since 1983, The BonBonerie has provided scrumptious desserts, including its signature opera cream cake, but the carrot cake is worth some hype, too. It’s made with fresh carrots and shellacked with cream cheese-infused frosting. But that’s not all—walnuts cover the sides, and diamond-shaped carrots made from white chocolate are placed on the top along with a dusting of cinnamon. The rich cake is somewhat healthy (that vegetable does a lot of heavy lifting!), so indulge all you want. • 2030 Madison Rd., O’Bryonville, (513) 321-3399
Roll Cake
Hello Honey—known for interesting ice cream flavors like banana honeycomb, Thai tea, and charcoal sesame—offers a myriad of roll cake options, including a few Asian-inspired ones (co-owner Nitima Nicely has Thai heritage). The spongy rolled cake is similar to a Swiss roll cake, with filling flavors like lychee, black forest, chocolate cream, berry Earl Grey, orange cardamom, and taro pandan layered with cream. Of course, you could enhance the cake with a scoop or two of ice cream. • Multiple locations
Chocolate Delectable Cake
Mon Petit Choux specializes in French- and European-inspired baked goods, like cream puffs and layered cakes. Owner Angela Grillo says blueberry lavender and lemon raspberry cakes are top sellers, but it’s the chocolate delectable cake you should sample, either by the slice or a whole six-inch tall cake. Made with Belgian Callebaut chocolate, it’s filled with malted chocolate and chocolate truffle and topped with chocolate ganache icing. Layers mean that every single bite contains chocolate, so it’s impossible not to experience chocolate overload. • 3704 Cheviot Ave., Suite 2, Westwood, (513) 631-8333
Pound Cake
At Miley Pooh Sweets, owner/founder Bri’Ana Heard integrates the retro pineapple upside cake into pound cake form. The cake was her late brother D’Mile “Miley Pooh” Cunningham’s favorite dessert, and as a way to feel closer to him, she started baking it. Other flavors like traditional, lemon, and red velvet pound cakes come by the slice, as a 10-inch cake, and as mini pound cakes. (Make sure to order yours with extra glaze.) This month, pumpkin spice pound cake lands on the menu, just in time for autumn. • 32 Ridgeway Rd., Hartwell, (513) 400-0050
Caramel Apple Crunch Cake
Jillian Monet Adams named Eliza Jane’s BakeShop after her great grandmother, who taught her the love of baking. The shop sells cookies, brownies, and an assortment of cakes such as German Chocolate. Skip to the fall offerings and go for the caramel apple crunch cake. It’s a three-layer spice cake—cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves—filled with apple chunks. The outside gets coated with brown butter buttercream and house-made caramel. Cinnamon Toast Crunch, which sits atop of the cake, provides the “crunch.” • 1811 Elm St., Over-The-Rhine, (513) 823-9423
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