Vegas Bakery
Tres Leches Nuez
Guava Turnover
Foglia con Crema Y Pasas
Dulce de Leche Cookie
Mil Hojas with Peach
Bread Pudding
Borrachitos con Crema
Located on North Jones and deceptively tucked away in a shopping center with signage that depicts neither the style nor scope of the space it was just prior to 9am that I entered Vegas Bakery and with a vast display of Mexican pastries laid out before me the choices almost seemed overwhelming, a clerk with fairly good English skills helping to navigate the half-dozen cases, each item reportedly made on premises with bakers arriving at 3am seven-days per week.
Without a doubt the most copious display of cakes seen to date on this side of the Strip it was to wide eyes that more than sixty styles of sweets and savories glistened behind glass as I slowly made my way around the store, and with questions answered patiently about the constituents written in Spanish or shorthand an eventual order of seven items was hatched, the total tariff of $14.09 seemingly a bargain, though the quality of the goods would soon prove to range from truly delicious to unfortunately quite bad.
Obviously not using top tier ingredients considering the bargain basement pricing of each item, the flavor profiles generally trending quite sweet with little evidence of restraint, it was upon relocating to a coffee shop with seating that first bites were taken, the Borrachitos con Crema featuring all the textures of a baba au rhum, though the flavor itself more closely resembled that of Hostess’ famous yellow snack cake.
Moving next to a slice of bread pudding that came across a bit dense despite pleasant savory notes amidst the custard, plenty of raisins helping to offer a bit of variance to textures that were otherwise unvaried and homogenous throughout, it was with high hopes that I approached the layered Mil Hojas but for all the assertions of items made daily the puff pastry was already beset with sogginess while previously canned peaches were far too syrupy to justify more a small taste.
At this point quickly losing faith that much would be memorable it was in both the guava turnover as well as the dulce de leche cookies that Vegas Bakery found a short reprieve, and with the former’s crisp pocket thickly packed with jam while the later reminded me sugary Pecan Sandies hopes were briefly enlivened for both Foglia and Walnut Tres Leches, the former totally forgettable while the latter would again disappoint with flavors of little more than granulated sugar, the gritty texture of the frosting failing to show even the slightest bit of care or technique.
TWO STARS: Perhaps harboring too high of expectations considering the quality of items from Cake World just one day prior, but unable to overlook shoddy workmanship no matter how low the price, it is unfortunate that Vegas Bakery chooses to focus on quantity rather than quality as a few less items and more attention to the end product would likely yield far better results without all that much lost.
RECOMMENDED: Guava Turnover, Dulce de Leche Cookies.
AVOID: Tres Leches Nuez, Mil Hojas with Peach.
TIP: Not offering a ‘traditional’ tres leches, those looking for esoteric options like Neapolitan, Eggnog, and more may wish to visit Vegas Bakery, though with bakeries like Cake World nearby and the version at Drago Sisters even better I’m really not sure poorly executed novelties are really that much of a draw.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor
http://www.vegasbakery.com/
