Berry Chantilly Cake Turns Grocery Chain Favorite Into Cult Classic

Whole Foods' Berry Chantilly Cake — a vanilla cake layered with Chantilly cream and berries — is the retailer's top-selling cake and a nationwide cult favorite praised on Reddit and social media for years, with origins in a New Orleans bakery and a 2024 controversy over recipe tweaks that led to a reintroduction of the classic single-slice option; this August, 1% of Berry Chantilly Cake sales supports the Next Generation Farmer Fund.