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Get it by the slice: These 3 Twin Cities bakeries really take the cake

What diet? Go ahead and indulge with a piece of delicious layer cake.

September 9, 2016 at 9:45PM
The splendid double-chocolate cake at Cafe Latte in St. Paul.
The splendid double-chocolate cake at Cafe Latte in St. Paul. (Marci Schmitt — STAR TRIBUNE/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Cafe Latte

For 32 years, the Quinn family has been treating diners to a dozen-plus by-the-slice indulgences, led by the diet-busting splendors of its justifiably famous Turtle Cake, a triple-layer tower of chocolate, caramel, fudge and pecans. The straight-up chocolate version? It's decadence on a plate. $5.75 per slice.

850 Grand Av., St. Paul, 651-224-5687, cafelatte.com

Lucia's To Go

There are always two layer cakes on hand at the counter service side of this 31-year-old Uptown landmark, and both are spectacular: sea salt-flecked chocolate-caramel, and a walnut cake with luscious cream cheese icing. $5.95 per slice.

1432 W. 31st St., Mpls., 612-825-9800, lucias.com

Yum! Kitchen and Bakery

Celebrate a special occasion — or the fact that it's a plain-old Tuesday — with owner Patti Soskin's layer cakes. One is an ultra-moist chocolate cake slathered in vanilla buttercream; the other is all about coconut and glorious seven-minute icing. $5.25 per slice.

4000 Minnetonka Blvd., St. Louis Park, 952-922-4000 and 6001 Shady Oak Rd., Minnetonka, 952-933-6001, yumkitchen.com

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