Lovin Oven Cakery

Everything I have tried here was beyond delicious. It is apparent from the 1^st bite that they are using quality ingredients. Enjoy!

I love this bakery.
I’m not a cake person. Don’t care for it at all. But holy cupcakes — I love this freaking cake.
Every time we take a trip to Chicago from Milwaukee, I have to find time to buy some cake.
It is so rich and delicious, I have to portion it out over days. Otherwise I get a tummy ache if I eat the whole darn thing.
I have a feeling, if God were eating cake right now, he probably ordered it from Lovin Oven Bakery. I hope when I die, I am sitting at that table with God and not down in hell, sitting with the Devil eating grocery store cake. It would probably have worms.
Take your time and stop by to get some cake.
Thank you very much for stopping down to get cake… in an half hour. We are still in Chicago.
I forgot about the flavors! I tend to get salted Caramel cake and oh the caramel goodness. And I really love the red velvet cake with the wonderful cream cheese insides — oh baby!
My wife — she likes the cake too. Her favorites are Andes candies and Oreo. She likes things black & white — not of that colored crap.
The people are very nice.

For special occasions we will order a whole cake. Everyone always enjoys any flavor we get.
Summer the fruit tarts are a favorite.
What we really love here is cake by the slice. Just one piece means not too much cake in the house, and everyone gets the flavor they want. Strawberry with toasted coconut is my favorite.
The cake is moist, and the butter cream is fluffy. Flavors range from classic to creative.
Definitely worth the calories.

I chose Lovin Ovin to help honor my sons college graduation with a cake. I ordered my cake on the phone and the person asked me great questions how I wanted my cake … amount of people. flavored icing … decorating and when I wanted it. This was my first time ordering from Lovin Oven and when I picked up my cake, which was completed early, I was so happy! Their counter staff are very helpful and friendly.
I plan on ordering my parents anniversary cake there in the near future. The cake I ordered was delicious! A little pricy but worth it.

Called in to order a custom cake but they have limitations on «custom». I don’t understand why I can’t order a 6″ cake with three layers. 6″ can only have two layers and 8″ cakes have three layers. If I’m requesting a custom job, it would be nice to have a cake customized to my specifications. I don’t think I was making an impossible request.

LOVE this place, cakes, cupcakes and more!!! Pastries are to die for and cookies beyond compare.5 star for sure :)

The staff here is extremely helpful and pleasant. I was in complete denial about my little one turning five and waited until the day before his big day to call and request a cake. My son wanted a gru cake and was very specific about gru having a long pointed nose and being the color of the minions. I initially found cute designs online that I requested which they were willing to do but they wouldn’t have it ready in time for my early morning pick up time. The staff member was very helpful and gave me ideas and suggestions of what they would be able to complete for me in under 24 hours. We ended up going with a round cake and getting it decorated with gru on it. My son loved it and I can’t wait to order my other child’s cake from them as well but I will be placing my order early to get the special cake design we want.

Lovin Oven is the bomb! Such fresh cakes and pastries! Such great customer service! The people who work here are professional and friendly. They will take phone orders.
This is the only local bakery I’ve found which can make me my custom Atomic Cake, which I have loved since I was a little boy. This triple layer cake has one layer each of yellow, banana, and chocolate cake with fresh banana and fresh strawberry filling and a whipped cream frosting. I’ve ordered these for my birthday for the past four years. Everybody loves them.
I have one small nit with the execution of this cake from LIbertyville vs the Round Lake Beach location. If you order an Atomic Cake in Round Lake Beach, they know exactly what you mean and will make it tout suite! An Atomic Cake from RLB includes a delicious layer of chocolate ganache on top of the chocolate layer, plus the bananas and the strawberries. They don’t know exactly how to fulfill this cake in Libertyville, and so I explained it to them. I left out the ganache layer and served an almost awesome cake to my colleagues at work. When I got home, my sweet spouse had ordered ANOTHER one from the RLB location. Not only did they do it without asking how, they added the ganache. Maybe the two locations could pow wow on products and deliver a consistent cake? Not a biggie, mind you, but the RLB original won on a slightly better cake.
However, the eclairs are so good, you’ll die from eating them too often. Please stay away from this place if you are diabetic or have an addiction to crazy good bakeries.
If you can control yourself, I heartily recommend them. They’re phenomenal.

Excellent cupcakes and cakes with very good customer service!

GO THERE!
Okay, that is probably too simple of a review. So, here goes! I love to bake so I am fairly picky about buying baked goods.
The cookies are very tender and have a fresh quality ingredient taste. The assortment is pretty good so you have options. I purchased two cake slices. The white chocolate truffle and chocolate Heath buttercream. Both cakes had excellent taste and a light tender crumb. Both buttercreams were smooth and tasty. The health buttercream had a rich toffee taste with a decent amount of toffee bits.
Although I didn’t purchase any bread, it looked very appealing and I will definitely return to do that!
The staff was friendly and helpful when I couldn’t decide from the vast selection of cake slices. It has a roomy café where you can sit and relax. So, this place is a win/​win proposition.

LOVIN OVEN is by far our favorite bakery! We order our employees a special birthday cake to be shared throughout their special day by all who come into our LIBERTYVILLE law office. They do such a beautiful and tasty presentation it’s always such a treat to order a cake from them, I wish we had 365 employees so we could have it everyday! See you in FEBRUARY LOVIN OVEN for MY BIRTHDAY! Highly recommend this friendly wonderful bakery to ALL!

This place treats customers right! My wife, 2 year old and I showed up just after they closed and we had promised our little girl a cookie. They saw her sad face and raced out to give her a little cookie. SOOOOOO NICE! Thank you Lovin Oven, you will be our cookie source from now on!

Pastries, cakes, donuts, cupcakes paradise baked every day. So many choices and prices are inexpensive!

Before Lovin’ Oven moved in, there used to be an ice cream shop there called Summit. I used to love going there with with my family and friends as a kid. Then one day, I came back and Summit had closed down. I was pretty upset. The ice cream there was better than most ice creams around.
Well, not very long after that Lovin’ Oven moved in. At first, I was skeptical as to how Lovin’ Oven would survive there when a popular ice cream shop couldn’t.
After trying one of their sugar cookies with one of my friends, I realized how wonderful this place really was. It was that first bite 6 or so years ago that gave me faith in this Bakery.
This bakery is now one of my favorite bakeries around. It’s cute and has a warm and friendly atmosphere. The workers are very outgoing and always seem to have a smile on their face. The desserts, are nothing short of amazing.
Overall, this is a wonderful place to visit. Whether you are enjoying a cookie with a friend or purchasing dessert for a party, you can be sure to have a wonderful experience.

Four stars go to the early morning employees, they’ve always been very pleasant! In the past we purchased the butter cookies (weekly) for work, unfortunately it seems like the quality has gone down. I haven’t tried everything but what I have tried within the last year has been disappointing.
Dry, stale comes to mind… There are two excellent bakeries in Mundelein, one French the other Italian, I highly recommend them!

I was there on Mother’s Day. I purchased a birthday cake that was for both purposes, mother’s day and the birthday.
IT WAS DELICIOUS!
It was a yellow cake, 2 layers and it was in cupcake shape. I had doubts regarding which one to buy but the staff was very friendly and helpful. I even purchased the candles in there.
Definitely I would recommend this place, they have a wide variety of pastries. Hoping to go back soon.

LOVE this bakery — my absolute favorite when I visit home. Their red velvet cake is the BEST red velvet cake I’ve ever had. I could eat if for days. If you haven’t tried it yet, do it asap!

Updated review per their follow up.
My mom’s birthday cake was good, great flavor and nothing taste wise wrong with it. Moist and very even for the layers/​frosting/​filing etc.
I’m adding a star because they were good about following up with me regarding the issue and also because the cake did taste great. That is why I came here.
In the end tho it still looked like a mess, and the heart, yep mom wasn’t thrilled, just as I suspected. But it is what it is. For $ 22 for a 6 inch cake I don’t think I’ll be buying birthday cakes here unless I see it first, never paying in advance again (as I went there specifically to order this two days ahead and paid in advance).

I want to love this bakery. I really do. I have to come up to Libertyville once a month for a meeting, and I’ve tried Lovin Oven about half a dozen times.
And…I just haven’t found anything I liked.
Usually, I go chocolate, but I’ve found that their chocolate is too rich. Their cookies are okay, but nothing inspiring. Tonight, I tried their strawberry cake, which was the best I’ve had so far… but it still was only «Good.» I personally find everything to have way too much icing, and the icing overwhelms the flavor of the cake.
If you like a lot of icing, you’ll probably love Lovin Oven. If you like a higher cake to icing ratio, be prepared to manually remove a good amount of icing.

By far some of the most delicious cake I have ever had! In love that it stays moist even a few days after being cut! Highly highly recommend!!! If only it was closer… Then again I’d probably go way too much!
For my birthday, I got to enjoy the most delicious chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. It was almost like eating an ice cream cake! It also had a heart on top that even after freezing was still so melty and delicious after 3 weeks!
For my boyfriends sister’s birthday, this past weekend, we had a delicious sheet cake, the kind that has half chocolate and half vanilla/​white cake. The frosting was devine even after being room temperature! They did a most excellent job adding the photo collage she had made of all her teen idols. Certainly the best sweet 16 cake to have!
I can see why his family orders all the tasty treats from here and am certainly telling everyone I know about this bakery!!!