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What's more fun than decorating your own edible masterpiece? Our kits make the perfect activity or gift!

COOKIE KIT    $18

includes 8 shortbread shapes with 3 bags of our tinted buttercream frosting and 2 bags of fun sprinkles

CUPCAKE KIT    $18

includes 6 assorted cupcakes with 3 bags of our tinted buttercream frosting and 2 bags of fun sprinkles

COOKIE CAKE KIT  $28

One 10" chocolate chip cookie cake with 3 bags of our tinted buttercream frosting and 2 bags of fun sprinkles

CAKE KIT  $28

One 6" cake (choice of chocolate or yellow cake) with 3 bags of our tinted buttercream frosting and 2 bags of fun sprinkles

  • cookie kit

    cookie kit

    $18

  • Cake Kit

    Cake Kit

    $28

  • Cupcake Kit

    Cupcake Kit

    $18

  • Cookie Cake Kit

    Cookie Cake Kit

    $28

 

We are currently booking for the 2022 season. We will only be doing Two Tiered cakes this year which can feed between 30-70. Additionally, 'cutting cakes' can be made to feed the remainder of your party. Tastings are all 'to-go' and still complimentary up to 4 cupcakes, additional are $3 each. Both tiers may be different flavors, as well as the cutting cakes, at no extra charge. Vegan or GF options are available at no extra charge! Please call 48 hours in advance to schedule a tasting-to-go. Questions? Email Liz at cookie@thebentfork.com 

Wedding Cake Catalogue

Wedding Cake Pricing

  • Level One

    Minimal Decoration, Buttercream Frosted

    per person $4.25

  • Level Two

    Advanced Decoration, Buttercream Frosted

    per person $5

  • Level Three

    Advanced Decoration, Buttercream Frosted, Gumpaste Flowers

    per person $7

Cake Flavors

White, Yellow, Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana, Coconut, Lemon, Pumpkin, Pistachio, Carrot

Fillings

  • Buttercreams

    Vanilla, Chocolate, Fresh Raspberry, Lemon, Fresh Strawberry, Cream Cheese, Oreo, Mocha

  • Other Fillings

    Chocolate Mousse, White Chocolate Mousse, Lemon Curd, Raspberry Mousse, Lemon Mousse, Fresh Raspberries, Fresh Strawberries

Buttercream Frostings

Vanilla, Chocolate, Lemon, Cream Cheese, Almond, Shredded Coconut, Tinted Colors

Cake Guide: all tiers 2 layer

Due to Covid restrictions, for the year 2021, we are only doing up to 3 tier cakes. Thank you for your understanding.

  • 6" Serves 12

  • 8" Serves 18

  • 10" Serves 24

  • 12" Serves 46

All our cookies and bars are baked fresh daily and made with pure butter and Nielsen Massey vanilla!

Most of the cookies and bars can be individually wrapped with ribbon for an additional 50 cents  per bag. 

Looking for a custom cookie with a school or company logo or face? We do that too!

Cookies

Prices are for regular size, ‘mini’s’ are available too!
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Chocolate Chip Cookies

    $1.20

    Dipped $1.50

  • Ginger Molasses

    Ginger Molasses

    $1.20

    Frosted $1.50

  • Oatmeal Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate

    Oatmeal Cranberry Pistachio White Chocolate

    $1.35

  • Oatmeal Raisin

    Oatmeal Raisin

    $1.20

  • m&m

    m&m

    $1.25

  • Oh My Chocolate

    Oh My Chocolate

    $1.20

  • Tons of Toffee

    Tons of Toffee

    $1.35

  • Sprinkled Sugah

    Sprinkled Sugah

    $1.20

  • Peanut Buttah-White Chocolate Toffee

    Peanut Buttah-White Chocolate Toffee

    $1.35

  • Double Dipped Peanut Buttah Cookies

    Double Dipped Peanut Buttah Cookies

    $1.75

  • Snickerdoodles

    Snickerdoodles

    $1.20

  • Smiley Face

    Smiley Face

    $2

  • Cherry Pistachio Biscotti or Apricot-Almond Biscotti

    Cherry Pistachio Biscotti or Apricot-Almond Biscotti

    $1.50

  • Dipped Chocolate Chip Macaroons

    Dipped Chocolate Chip Macaroons

    $1.50

  • Rugelach

    Rugelach

    cinnamon-raisin, raspberry-chocolate chip, apricot-walnut

    $1.50

  • Kolachy’s

    Kolachy’s

    apricot or raspberry

    $1.25

  • Peanut Buttah Buckeyes

    Peanut Buttah Buckeyes

    $1.50

  • Decorated Shortbread Cookies

    Decorated Shortbread Cookies

    Our melt in your mouth cookies are made with white chocolate and sanding sugar. Variety of shapes and colors!

    $2.25

  • Custom Shortbread

    Custom Shortbread

    Add your company or school logo, or even your face to our delicious shortbread cookies!

    $2.50

Bars

All bars can be cut in half for a ‘mini’ size
  • Intense Brownies

    Intense Brownies

    $2

  • Caramel Walnut Brownies

    Caramel Walnut Brownies

    $2

  • S’mores

    S’mores

    $2.20

  • Carmelita’s

    Carmelita’s

    $2.20

  • PBJ Bars

    $2

  • Sunny Lemon Bars

    Sunny Lemon Bars

    $2

  • 7th Heaven Bars

    7th Heaven Bars

    $2.20

  • Raspberry Crumb Bars

    $1.85

  • Coconut White Chocolate Blondie's

    Coconut White Chocolate Blondie's

    $2

  • Cherry Pie Bars

    $2

  • Apple Pie Bars

    Apple Pie Bars

    $2.20

Platters

All platters include a generous assortment of our most popular cookies & bars from above!

  • Our Platters are made up of only our best selling cookies and bars. Cookies are available in mini or regular, but the bars are always mini size.

  • 16 regular pieces or 22 mini’s

    tray feeds 6-9

    $25

  • 28 regular pieces or 38 mini’s

    tray feeds 10-16

    $40

  • 38 regular pieces or 48 mini’s

    tray feeds 16-25

    $50

  • 58 regular pieces or 74 mini’s

    tray feeds 25-34

    $75

  • 80 regular pieces or 100 mini’s

    $100

Breakfast

  • Tea Breads

    Banana or Banana Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin or Pumpkin Chocolate Chip $6

    Lovely Lemon bread $6

  • Scones

    Triple Berry, Cinnamon Chip, Chocolate Chunk $2.50

    Mini's $1.25

  • 8

    8" Round Coffee Cakes

    Buttermilk with Cinnamon Crumb top or Banana Chocolate Chip $13.50

    8” rounds Fruit Streusel,Apple, Cherry, Blueberry, or Peach $15

  • Muffins

    Muffins

    Blueberry, Cherry Almond, Cranberry-Walnut, Lemon-Poppy, Raspberry-Chocolate, Cherry-Chocolate Chunk, Almond Poppy

    Large $3

    Small $1.50

  • Cinnamon Donut Muffins

    $3.50

Cupcakes

Choose from Mini $1.25 (minimum of 6 per flavor) Regular Cupcakes size $2.50 & up (any amount) Baby Cakes $3.95 (like a jumbo size muffin) flavors below, ask for weekly special flavors!
  • Double Vanilla

    Double Vanilla

  • Double Chocolate

    Double Chocolate

  • Yellow Cake with Chocolate top

    Yellow Cake with Chocolate top

  • Chocolate Cake with Vanilla top

    Chocolate Cake with Vanilla top

  • Red Velvet

    Red Velvet

  • Salted Caramel

    Salted Caramel

  • Cookies n' Cream

    Cookies n' Cream

  • Chocolate Malt

    Chocolate Malt

  • Strawberry Fields

    Strawberry Fields

  • Lemon Oh!

    Lemon Oh!

  • Peanut Buttah

    Peanut Buttah

  • Carrot

    Carrot

  • Coconut

    Coconut

  • German Chocolate

    German Chocolate

  • S'mores

    S'mores

Cookie Cakes

Choose from either Chocolate Chip or Sugah. Decorated with writing, and choice of balloons, flowers, dots or sports. 10" $23 feeds 12-15, 1/2 sheet $35 feeds 20-30.

More Pastries

  • Whoopee Pies Chocolate or Vanilla

    Chocolate or Vanilla Soft Sandwich Cookies with Marshmallow Creme Filling

    $2.50

    Mini's $1.50

  • HoHo’s

    HoHo’s

    Everyday: chocolate cake rolled with fresh whip cream and dipped in chocolate!

    $3

    Mini's $1.50

Lolli Pops

  • Cheesecake Lollipops

    chocolate chip cheesecake rolled and dipped in semi-sweet chocolate with rainbow nonpareils

    $1.50

  • Cookie Dough Lollipops

    chocolate chip cookie dough rolled and dipped in semi-sweet chocolate with rainbow sprinkles

    $1.50

  • Rice Krispy Lolli’s

    Rice Krispy Lolli’s

    $2.25

    Mini's $1.25

More...

  • Flourless Chocolate Cake

    Decadent 10" one layer chocolate (no flour) topped with chocolate ganache and finished with chocolate buttercream edging.

    $34

Pies

  • Fresh Fruit Crostata’s

    Fresh Fruit Crostata’s

    A rustic style open face pie with an all-butter crust! Apple, Caramel Apple, or Mixed Berries.

    Feeds 6-8 $15

    Mini's each $3.75

  • Fruit Pies

    Fruit Pies

    Door County Cherry, Fresh Blueberry, Mom’s Apple, Mixed Berry Double crust pie made with our all butter crust

    10” Full Size feeds 6-8 $22

    Mini's personal siz $5.50

  • Key Lime Pie

    Key Lime Pie

    Key Lime Pie $14

  • Southern Style Pecan Pie

    Southern Style Pecan Pie

    $22

    $5.50

  • County Fair Apple Pie

    County Fair Apple Pie

    Our sugar cookie crust with loads of chopped apples, crumb topping and caramel drizzle!

    $22

Shortbread

Decorated Shortbread Starting at $2
  • Not all styles & colors in store every day, call ahead for special designs.

    Not all styles & colors in store every day, call ahead for special designs.

    Snowman, Mitten, Snowflakes, Flowers, Butterflies, Cupcakes, Baseballs, Footballs, Basketballs, Baby Bottles, Baby Buggies, Onesies, Wedding cakes, Wedding Dresses & MANY more!

ALL OF OUR BASIC CAKES COME IN ALL FIVE SIZES. 

ALL INCLUDE INSCRIPTION AND CHOICE OF:

 FLOWERS, POLKA-DOTS, BALLOONS, PIPING WITH SPRINKLES

 OR SPORTS SUCH AS BASEBALLS, BASKETBALLS, OR FOOTBALLS.

Basic Cakes

  • Layers

    Chocolate, Yellow, or White cake.

  • Buttercream Frostings / Fillings:

    Chocolate, Vanilla, Raspberry, Strawberry, Lemon, Oreo, Marshmallow, Cinnamon Cream Cheese

  • Special Fillings:

    Lemon Curd, Fresh Whipped Cream, Chocolate Mousse, Fresh Strawberries, Raspberries, or Banana Slices

All Cakes are 2 Layers

  • 6” (feeds 4-8)

    $23

    Special Filling $3

  • 8” (feeds 8-12)

    $28

    Special Filling $4

  • 10” (feeds 12-20)

    $35

    Special Filling $5

  • 12” (feeds 25-35)

    $48

    Special Filling $6

  • 1/4 sheet 2 layers feeds (25-36)

    $50

    Special Filling $7

a piece of chocolate cake on a table

Specialty Cakes

All cakes are 2 layers, any cake can be written on.
Any decoration other than stated will be an additional charge.

  • 6" feeds 4-8 $26

    8" feeds 8-12 $32

    10" feeds 12-18 $40

    12". feeds 24-36 $52

    1/4 sheet feeds 30-40 $58

  • Toffee Carrot Cake

    Toffee Carrot Cake

    Carrot cake with creamy toffee filling & cinnamon cream cheese frosting, Made with pecans, coconut & pineapple. Decorated with carrots

  • Mrs. Beebe’s Lemon Cake

    Mrs. Beebe’s Lemon Cake

    Lemon cake, lemon curd center & lemon buttercream frosting, decorated with white buttercream daisies

  • Grandma El’s Coconut Cake

    Grandma El’s Coconut Cake

    Moist coconut cake, coconut buttercream, covered with shredded coconut, with writing on top

  • Banana Fudge Cake

    Banana cake, fudgy frosting, filled with banana slices, topped with chocolate buttercream swirls & confetti sprinkles

  • The Paisley Jane

    Moist yellow cake with chocolate mousse filling, chocolate buttercream and chocolate rosettes on top

  • German’s Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate cake, gooey coconut pecan filling & topping chocolate buttercream sides topped with chocolate swirls

  • Cookies & Cream Cake

    Cookies & Cream Cake

    Chocolate cake with cookies & cream filling & frosting. Decorated with vanilla swirls & mini Oreo cookies

  • Salted Caramel Cake

    Salted Caramel Cake

    Chocolate Cake with caramel filling & salted caramel buttercream, drizzled with salted caramel, chocolate piping deco

  • Chocolate Malt Cake

    Chocolate cake with chocolate malt filling and frosting. With vanilla swirls & chocolate malt balls

  • Strawberry Fields

    Strawberry Fields

    Fresh strawberry cake, fresh strawberry frosting, whipped cream & fresh strawberry filling, topped with vanilla swirls

  • Funfetti Fantasy

    Funfetti Fantasy

    White cake baked with rainbow sprinkles in the batter! Filled & frosted with vanilla buttercream, rainbow sprinkles on sides with rainbow dots on top

  • Toasted Almond

    White Almond cake with Almond buttercream, sides coated in toasted almond crunch

  • The Sofie

    The Sofie

    White Wedding cake with Chocolate Mousse filling, frosted with Vanilla Buttercream, topped with Chocolate Ganache & buttercream swirls

  • Peanut Butter Rules

    Peanut Butter Rules

    Chocolate Cake filled & frosted with Peanut Butter Buttercream, ganache poured over the top. Decorated with Reese’s PB cups!

  • The Sheffield

    The Sheffield

    White wedding cake filled with fresh raspberries & lemon curd. Frosted in pale yellow lemon buttercream and finished with shades of pink rosettes.

  • Rainbow Dream Cake

    Rainbow Dream Cake

    5 layers of cake, red, orange, yellow, green & blue! With vanilla buttercream sprinkles in between the layers. Frosted in vanilla buttercream and covered in rainbow sprinkles. Add Pinata Sprinkle filling for a fun surprise! 8" $60, 10" $80, 12" $100 add Pinata Core of Sprinkles $15

  • S'Mores Cake

    S'Mores Cake

    Chocolate Cake with Marshmallow Buttercream, ganache drip and graham cracker dusting. Garnish with our mini s'mores!

Vegan and Gluten Free

Every day in our store we have vegan brownies, gluten free brownies and gluten free cookies. You can order these options ahead of time:

Vegan

  • Assorted Cupcakes (minimum of 6 per flavor)

    Chocolate, vanilla, carrot, strawberry, banana.

    $3

  • Assorted Cookies

    Ginger, snickerdoodle, choc chunk

    $1.50

  • Pumpkin Bread (8 slices)

    chocolate chunk, walnut or pecan

    $12

  • Banana Bread (8 slices)

    Chocolate chunk, walnut or pecan

    $12

  • Scones

    Triple-berry, lemon-blue, cherry-almond, cherry-chocolate

    $3

  • Fudge Brownies

    contain nuts

    $2.25

Gluten Free

  • Assorted Cupcakes (minimum of 6 per flavor)

    Chocolate, vanilla, carrot, strawberry, banana

    $3

  • Assorted Cookies

    Tons of toffee, ginger, snickerdoodle, choc chunk, sugah

    $1.35

  • Fudge Brownies

    $2.25

Vegan and Gluten-Free

  • Banana Chocolate Oat Cake 8"

    $14

  • Blueberry Banana Oat Cake 8"

    $14

Vegan OR Gluten Free

  • Layer Cakes

    Can be ordered GF or Vegan. Cake Flavors: Chocolate, vanilla, banana, carrot, strawberry, lemon or coconut Fillings & Frostings: Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, lemon or raspberry buttercreams.

    6" $28

    8" $34

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