Marisol learned to bake standing on a crate in her grandmother's bakery in Camagüey. When she and Rafael moved to Lake Worth Beach, she baked pastelitos at home for birthdays, then for the Saturday market, then for anyone who asked.
In 2016 they opened the shop on Palmetto Row and named it after the ceiba, the great shade tree every Cuban town gathers under. The ventanita opened the same week. It still opens first, at 6:30 every morning.