Inside: Phoenix Bakery | The Phoenix Bakery's signature treat is two layers of soft yellow sponge cake, a filling of fresh strawberries and fluffy whipped cream | Photo 1/8 | Metromix Los Angeles

Inside: Phoenix Bakery | The Phoenix Bakery's signature treat is two layers of soft yellow sponge cake, a filling of fresh strawberries and fluffy whipped cream | Photo 1/8 | Metromix Los Angeles

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The Phoenix Bakery's signature treat is two layers of soft yellow sponge cake, a filling of fresh strawberries and fluffy whipped cream

The Phoenix Bakery's signature treat is two layers of soft yellow sponge cake, a filling of fresh strawberries and fluffy whipped cream

Credit:Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

The Phoenix Bakery's signature treat is two layers of soft yellow sponge cake, a filling of fresh strawberries and fluffy whipped cream

Lun F. Chan, shown in the store in 1941 and now almost 88 years old, is the patriarch of the family who invented the famous strawberry cakes

The strawberry cakes at the Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown (in the rear refrigerator cases) have made the family-run business famous

A grouping of the creamy decorations on the strawberry cakes made at the Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown

Baker Manuel Diaz applies frosting decorations to the top of one of the the strawberry cakes

Detail of the creamy decorations and exterior of the strawberry cakes made at the Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown

The 8-inch diameter versions of the famous Phoenix Strawberry cakes

Today Lun's son Youlen Chan and nephew Craig Chan run the business

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