Eggless Cakes in Chicago That Don't Taste Like a Compromise

Finding a genuinely good eggless cake in Chicago usually means calling six bakeries and settling. Urban Bakery at 2660 N. Halsted St. in Lincoln Park bakes eggless as a craft, not an afterthought — rasmalai cream cake, Belgian chocolate, motichoor laddoo cake and fresh fruit cream, with the same crumb and structure as the regular bakes.

We share the Halsted address with Urban Turban and Urban Halwai, so a birthday pickup can also be dinner and a mithai box. Lincoln Park, Lakeview, DePaul and Old Town are all minutes away, and we're open until 11 PM — late enough to rescue a forgotten-cake emergency.

2660 N. Halsted St., Lincoln Park — near the Diversey Brown Line, open 2–11 PM daily.