Kiss My Bundt Bakery

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Kiss my Bundt Bakery

8104 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048

A few days ago, I decided to go on a “sweet run” throughout Los Angeles—that is, a mini-tour through some of the best bakeries in town. Having gone to Auntie Em’s earlier that day, I had been left with somewhat of a bad taste in my mouth, especially regarding the “best” red velvet cupcake in town that Auntie Em’s was known for. So I was really craving some good red velvet. Lucky for me, Kiss My Bundt helped satisfy that craving.

Kiss My Bundt is a pretty simple bakery. When I headed over, I was somewhat surprised, because it looks more like a reception hall than a bakery. It’s very small, with very little seating. Really, there’s only a couch on the side and a display of cakes in the front. Kiss My Bundt is a no-frills cake-making house and is clearly intended to be taken home. I, however, couldn’t wait to get home, so I ordered three large 4 ½ inch cakes and ate them right in the store, to the great shock of the bakers.

Kiss My Bundt’s claim to fame is that it produces, as the name implies, Bundt cakes, and only Bundt cakes. No need to worry, though, because you can find them in three separate sizes, correlating roughly to the size of a cupcake (mini size, 2 ½ inches), cake slices (baby size, 4 ½ inches), and full on cakes (Big Ol’ size). So the bakery itself is, more or less, comparable to some of the cupcake and cake shops in town.

Another interesting aspect are the flavors. You’re going to find a lot here that’s traditional—like the chocolate with chocolate glaze, vanilla cake, red velvet, carrot—but at the same time, you have a wide variety of choices, particularly if you’re getting a customized cake. Some of the more unique choices include Lemon Drop, Maple Bacon Cake with Maple Glaze and Bacon, and Riesling Apricot and Honey Aphrodisiac Cake. Still, you’ll typically only find the 8 most popular flavors available in the smaller sizes, plus a few custom flavors for each day.

As for the taste, I really can’t complain. Everything that Auntie Em’s wasn’t, Kiss My Bundt is. Every cake I had was excellent. The place itself is horrible for eating, but it doesn’t matter, because the cake is so good it’s worth taking home. Each Bundt cake has lots of frosting or glaze, but it’s never overpowering and never too sweet. It’s also nice to see that numerous cakes utilize glaze instead of frosting, which I think adds a lot of variety to a city that’s known largely for traditional cupcakes. The cakes are moreover moist, excellent, and perfectly sweetened, and they blend very well with the frosting and glaze.

Overall, go to Kiss My Bundt if you want a consistently good variety of cakes. You won’t be disappointed!

What I had (recommendations in bold):

1. Lemon Drop (Homemade lemon syrup on top of lemon cake, with lemon glaze)—Really solid pound cake. Topped with an awesome lemon glaze that is both flavorful and well-sweetened. The cake is super moist and rich. Though I don’t like lemons (so I wouldn’t get it again), this is definitely a fantastic lemon cake.
2. Red Velvet—Excellent! One of the best in LA! The frosting is just right, especially on the sugar, which is a relief after eating most of the other red velvet cupcakes/cakes in town. The frosting doesn’t overpower the cake either. The cake is again super moist and has very good flavor. It actually tastes just like a good corn bread, and has a nice crunch to it on the top (a semi-burnt crust). I will say, it can’t top Milk’s blue velvet cake, but it’s still amazing.
3. Choc Glaze—Keeper! Again, the cake is excellent. It’s buttery, with a great chocolate flavor that isn’t too intense. The glaze is a bit weak, to be fair, but it blends very well with the cake, tastes great, and is not too cloying. Although the glaze is a bit weak and too little is provided, I’d still recommend this cake as excellent, just like all the others. Sprinkles probably beats it out for a better chocolate flavor, but only by a little.  

Verdict: 4.0+/5.0