Dessert Shops You Need To Check Out In Bellingham, Washington
Dessert shops are a niche type of store and are definitely worth visiting. Usually, love and care is put into crafting the product, and the owner or owners are there everyday working and getting to know their customers. These two cafes in Bellingham are must stop shops if you have a sweet tooth or have a special occasion coming up and want to order custom made baked goods and you need to check them out!
Pure Bliss Desserts
Address: 1424 Cornwall Ave Bellingham, WA 98225
This cute and chic dessert shop and cafe is a must stop in Bellingham, WA that you need to check out. It’s a five minute walk from the downtown bus station, so if you aren’t able to drive you can easily bus. There’s some parking nearby, but otherwise street parking is your best bet for driving.
There’s plenty of seating in this large cafe and the pink, black, gray and white aesthetic are pleasing to the eye and add an elegant feeling to the cafe. There’s barstool seating near one of the windows, and another area near the other window is a cozy corner with pink velvet couches and chairs. It’s a good place to chat with friends and take Instagram worthy pics. The bright but not harsh lighting inside provides for some nice photos.
Every dessert is made in their kitchen and is absolutely divine.
Their New York Style Cheesecake has the perfect amount of sweetness, not overly sugary, but not super cream cheesy. The crust is also not super difficult to chew or break through and adds a nice texture to the creamy cake part.
Their cakes are very moist and the portion sizes are good, not too filling, but you don’t feel like you deserve more for what you pay. They have all the treats for the day in their display case, and also have treats from the previous day at a discounted price on their counter display.
In addition to the desserts, they sell coffee, tea, wine, kombucha, cider and beer. So you can sip on some wine (or another beverage of your choice) while enjoying a sweet treat in a cafe that makes you feel like your dining in a classy cafe in a big city.
They also accept custom orders, make wedding cakes and can host parties.
Kay Cake Designs
Address: 1206 Cornwall Ave Bellingham WA 98225
This hole in the wall dessert shop opened summer 2019 and offers delectable desserts such as cupcakes, moon pies, cookies, cake pops and cakes. Coffee and other drinks are also sold here, so while enjoying your dessert you can sip on a latte or hot chocolate.
It’s about a 10 minute walk from the bus station, and there is a small pay by the hour parking lot nearby if you plan on driving and street parking is also an option.
The flavors of the desserts each day depends on what was made, but special orders can be requested and here’s a list of flavor options with a short description from their website.
Flavor Options
S’more – Chocolate cake with graham cracker and marshmallow filling and vanilla meringue frosting.
Chocolate Peanut Butter – Chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and frosted with chocolate buttercream.
Cookies and Cream – Cookie cake with crumbled cookie filling and frosted with vanilla buttercream.
Lemon Raspberry – Lemon cake with raspberry filling and frosted with vanilla buttercream.
Snickerdoodle – Cinnamon and sugar cake frosted with cinnamon and sugar buttercream frosting.
Chocolate Strawberry – Chocolate cake with fresh strawberry filling and frosted with chocolate buttercream.
Chocolate Salted Caramel – Chocolate cake with a salted caramel filling and frosted with chocolate buttercream.
Chocolate Mint – Chocolate cake with mint meringue frosting.
Raspberry Cheesecake – Cheese cake cake filled with raspberry topped with cream cheese frosted.
Banana Split – Banana cake filled with fresh strawberries and with chocolate meringue frosting.
Pumpkin – Pumpkin cake frosted with cinnamon and sugar meringue frosting.
Banana – Banana cake with vanilla meringue frosting.
Blackberry – Blackberry cake with blackberry filling and vanilla meringue frosting.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough – Vanilla cake with cookie dough filling and chocolate meringue frosting.
Lemon Meringue – Lemon cake with vanilla meringue frosting.
Blueberry – Blueberry cake with blueberry filling and meringue frosting.
Peach Champagne – Champagne cake with peach filling and meringue frosting.
Strawberry Shortcake – Vanilla cake with strawberry filling and whipped cream frosting.
Caramel Apple – Apple spice cake with caramel filling and a light caramel frosting.
When you walk in, your a couple steps above the main floor of the shop, and beyond that small platform lays the whole shop.
There’s lots of seating available in the shop, so if you want to drop in with friends or stop by after dinner downtown, you can sit and enjoy your treat. Sprinkles are at every table to add to your dessert but are also a cute addition to any pictures you take of your sweet treat.
The owner, Stacy Glick, opened up the business after baking cakes for her daughter and friends. According to the website, the shop is named after her daughter, Megan Kay, who inspired Stacy’s baking passion.
One day a friend of Stacy’s asked her to make a cake for her daughter’s birthday, and Stacy began making cakes for friends special events or parties.
It’s her first business and she runs it on her own along with one other employee who helps bake and run the shop with her.
