Nothing but Cake?

Some say the spirits of your loved ones are with you whenever you are reminded of them. If that’s the case, my mom has been with Heidi all weekend. 

When we were in Rochester, MN 4 years ago for my mom’s treatment at the Mayo Clinic, Heidi and she loved the fact that there was a Nothing Bundt Cake store within walking distance of the condo. Many nights after dinner, the two of them would split a mini chocolate-chocolate chip bundt cake. I’m not a big dessert fan, but I have to admit the place makes a pretty good cake— moist and flavorful.

A few years ago the chain opened a store near us, and we’ve gone out there several times to get their “bundtinis” to celebrate friends’ birthdays. Of course every time we set foot in the place, we talk about my mom. And now? There’s a Nothing Bundt Cake right down the road from Heidi’s folks in Buffalo. 

We have passed by several times on this trip, and Heidi has been itching to stop and get the bundtini sampler, a dozen tiny Bundt cakes in all the available flavors, to share with her family. Each time, though, the store has been closed.

Finally, today, we made it in and got our pretty little box of cakes. But when Heidi opened it up to show her mom, we were dismayed to see that the signature frosting was missing. Heidi was on the phone in minute. “I was just in there,” she started, “and I got a dozen bundtinis. Aren’t they supposed to have frosting?”

What followed was a long conversation, mostly because the person on the other end couldn’t believe they would have let a box of naked bundtinis leave the store. When the situation was ultimately resolved, they offered us the option of bringing in our cakes to be frosted AND another dozen bundtinis free!

Mom would have been very pleased with that outcome.