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Dining Guide

The Best Mail-Order Cake in America Costs $300

Bloomberg sampled 13 cakes to find ones to serve that guests will talk about for years to come.

Like politics, the subject of cakes is a contentious one.

First of all, there’s the age-old debate of pie vs. cake. (The most compelling argument: What three-year-old gets excited about birthday pie?) For team cake, there are plenty of hills to die over, from chocolate vs. vanilla to the proper thickness of icing.