Panaderia El Mexicano

So I used to tally the total number of pots and pans in the kitchens of various restaurants. I was the official Pan Adder. And even when I had food poisoning I still came to work. Despite my Pan Adder Diarrhea.Not to be confused with this Panaderia.So this is the pretty awesome Bakery inside the Midtown Global Market that used to be called El Mexicano and is now called Samantha. Either way it makes fantastic baked goods and is a really great destination for Mexican bakery stuff.This Market itself is a little bit busy and hipster and has a lot of international stuff that is a little overpriced and not always authentic but in this case it's very authentic and very cheap and probably honestly belongs over at the Mercado Central instead but considering that it's here instead of at the Central, it's actually making this place much better and I appreciate it being here.

Every time we come to the global market we stop here and get something. This time I got a chocolate strawberry cake and holly molly is it good. My wife loves their tiramisu but they were sold out so she got a different cake and said it was very good too. We will keep coming back

This is the same Mexican bakery as the Mercado Central location. See my review here http://www.yelp.com/biz/panaderia-el-mexicano-minneapolis#hrid:u1WviCa2Q6wT6T4CblEZJQ The Global Market one loses a star for having less of a variety of pastries to choose from. They gain their star back for always having fresh bolillo rolls and for doing a good job of showcasing their cakes. I buy tres leches cake for friends' birthdays here. You should definitely try it before you buy one (they do sell single slices) because not everybody likes it-- kind of a wet, spongy cake that is rich and sweet but very different from the dry, fluffy American style cakes that we are used to. They always look incredible with the ripe glazed fruit on top and are delicious to eat. I also really like this location because you can see the bakers at work. Once I saw the owner frosting a wedding cake and once I saw him decorating a few tres leches cakes at one time. It was very artistic and I thought it was cool that they put up glass so you can watch how it all happens. Smells wonderful too!

I like the baked goods at this bakery. The rates are reasonable and the quality is decent. The taste to their cookies is a fair bit more subtle and the texture is more crumbly than most american bakeries but I don't mind that element at all. I will have to try their pastries and whatnot next time I am here *is eager to try it*. I tried a slice of their cake today and it was *amazing*. It is a more wet cake than most people are used to so be sure to get a plastic bag to carry it in because it is wet enough to come out of the container but zomg, their tres leche cake..... amazing. One word of advice though is to bring cash. I brought my visa card and it failed to go through after two tries. I had to go to the ATM and return with cash to buy things. Besides, they have a minimum cost requirement to be able to use a credit or debit card so its easiest to use cash anyways.