Angelicas Bakery is committed to freshness and flavor and making sure that every Angelica experience is frosted with love to keep you wanting just one more
Angelica’s Bakery was founded because a young girl recognized that the cakes, pies and puddings that her mom made really were the “BEST”. She knew with every bite she took that anything that tasted so good had to be shared with friends, family, neighbors and the entire world. Stepping out on faith and with love for family and tradition, Angelicas Bakery opened its first location in the suburbs of Chicago nearly 25 years ago. Today the original recipes of cakes, cobblers and puddings are made the same as they were many generations ago. Friends and family all around the world are now able to enjoy the delicious treats and good feelings that each Angelicas dessert brings. Angelicas bakery is committed to freshness and flavor and making sure that every Angelica experience is frosted with love to keep you wanting just one more bite. Angelica’s is a family owned bakery where values are strong and commitment to the community is important. Angelica’s supports the community through sponsorships of local teams and community events.
Over the next week's week, take center stage and the day is leading up to Fat Tuesday. See that smile on our face now from Polish Pu0105czki to New Orleans style beignets. There are dozens of sweet options, but I'm hungry how. When it comes to Caramel Cake, a South Suburban Bakery, does it better than anyone else? And Steve Dolinski joins us with the details. You brought a lot of cake? I brought a lot of Caramel Cake Linda and silly, yeah, it's good stuff. Now maybe you've seen those giant slices of cake for sale in the plastic containers in your local grocery store. Or perhaps you've been to a local soul food restaurant with those towering layer cakes set out on the front counter. Changes are pretty good, they came from just one place, Angelica's Bakery. It's a 24 hour operation committed to satisfying our seemingly insatiable appetite for something a little sweet after a meal. You would think they're making cakes to feed an army, or maybe a village, but the industrial-sized production is no joke. At Angelica's Bakery in South Suburban Hazel Crest, they're baking around the clock to satisfy sweet tooth all over the city. Angelica's was founded by a single parent, single black female, trying to raise her kids after a job closed up. And difficult economic times back in 1990. And just evolved into making cakes for friends, and eventually she ended up needing a shop. That shop has turned into two locations, supplying most of the southern and soul food restaurants in Chicago. Not to mention a n One thing that has never changed is the caramel cake. If you say caramel cake in Chicago, most people know Angelica's Bakery. That's what we're most known for. Not just any caramel cake, mind you, but a mile high layer cake, brushed with super sweet caramel frosting on top and in between. The caramel and German chocolate icing are cooked on the stovetop all day long. Even the cake batter has to be made in three shifts all day, as there is a seemingly endless supply of tin cake pans that must be filled, baked and empty. All this so that the insatiable appetite for cakes can be satisfied. Pound Cake is another popular item, formed in bundt pans. Each one is coated with homemade lemon icing that's poured over each one, allowing it to drip and dry. Cupcakes are also big business, as are cake slices, such as coconut or jelly cake. Sweet potato pies are sold as individual treats, much It seems as though in some ways, Angelica's is really a throwback to another era. We still put the old blouse-wetting tears into it, more or less. We still do everything by hand. We've been doing it for 18 years and we do it the fastest and the best, I guess. In addition to the Hazelkress location, Angelica's also has a full service bakery on East 87th Street. More information, go to our website, abc7chicago. com. Look on the lower left side, there's the Hungry Hound tab. That links you to all my stories and videos. Or you can very simply just call the info line, which is 312-750-7096. Brought you a couple of sweets. Sylvia, in heaven. Why haven't you done this before? What's the problem? Third cake cupcakes, German chocolate cupcakes, red velvet cupcakes. Red velvet cake. Here's the magnificent caramel cake, three layers. They are making these cakes all day long. It is unbelievable, this assembly line to get these together. It's incredible. And you love the caramel cake. This is my favorite. I'm not going to eat lunch. This is it. This is really good. I know what you Do we have them on again? Next week, Angelica will be on. The performance. Thank you, really good. We'll be right back.