Handmade Costa Rican cakes for hotels, restaurants, event planners, and anyone who believes dessert deserves a pause.
The tostel beside it is part of the ritual: a small, rich cake meant for sitting down, catching up with whoever is across the table, and taking your time. It is how a whole country says pura vida, pure life.
Something sweet should be good enough to slow you down, and worth every bite while it does.
We bake the way we learned at home. Slowly, by hand, with nothing we wouldn't keep in our own kitchen. You can taste the difference, and that is why people keep coming back.
Each one starts with a recipe we know by heart and ingredients you can name. Here is what goes into every cake, so you know exactly what you are serving.
Carrot cake rich with coconut, walnuts, pineapple, and warm spices, layered with ribbons of Costa Rican dulce de leche and cream cheese frosting, and finished with a candied orange slice and star anise.
What's inside
Deep, pure cacao with a touch of Costa Rican coffee, a hidden crunch waiting in the middle, and ganache we make by hand.
What's inside
Our tres leches. A featherlight vanilla sponge that drinks in a sweet three milks sauce until every forkful is soaked through.
What's inside
Silky coconut flan set on real vanilla bean, finished with a slow pour of coral-hued caramel.
What's inside
Buttery cream cheese crust layers, a flood of golden dulce de leche, and a crown of torched meringue.
What's insideMost bakeries tell you their cakes are good. We would rather show you what is in them and how they are made, so you can tell your own guests with confidence.
Every layer, every filling, every batch, by people who know these recipes by heart.
What you would find in a real kitchen, never chemicals from a lab.
If an ingredient has a name you can't pronounce, it doesn't make it into the recipe.
The Costa Rican way: thoughtfully and without hurry. You can taste the time.
When you put Tostel on your menu or your event table, your name is on it too. We take that seriously, from the first tasting to the moment the last cake is served.
Now on the dessert menu at Bellevue Taphouse.
Book a tasting. You try the cakes before your guests ever do.
Pick the flavors, quantities, and presentation that fit your menu or event.
We put dates, delivery, and every detail in writing, so nothing is left to guess.
Your cakes arrive ready to serve, on time, looking the way they did at the tasting.
A few details help us come back with the right flavors, quantities, and a tasting date.
We'll reply to the email you gave us. If anything is time-sensitive, call us at 920-519-0003.
Reserve your cakes ahead and pick them up at the bakery or at the farmers market. Text us what you'd like and when, and we'll set them aside.
303 N Main St, Black Creek, WI 54106 Text to reserve 920-305-4688Our first Cake Fest: around 800 cakes, $6 each, at the bakery from 11am to 4pm. The first 25 orders of five or more cakes take home a handmade turtle plushy and a thermos with three commemorative mugs. Reservations count once they're picked up at the event.