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Estrella De Mexicali

3.7 (21 reviews)
Closed • 5:00 am - 8:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Vanilla cake w/ pastry cream filling, handmade chantilly flowers, natural fruit slices, and macarons! Top cake: 8 inch, bottom cake 10 inch

I'd like to tell you how quick, kind, beautiful, humble, and professional the owner of this adorable successful bakery is. The owner of this little hidden gem in the heart of Garden Grove is named Blanca. Over the short time span of me coming to this bakery, I had not had the privilege of meeting her until last week. I was waiting in line, holding pan dulce and bollio, while the cashier was busy helping other customers. I didn't mind waiting, I was in no rush at all, but suddenly, a woman from behind the counter approached the second cashier and began ringing up customers. One-by-one, I was next in line within moments. This was a mere glimpse into the type of leader and business owner Blanca is. She leads through an attitude of servitude. Humbly, the owner herself served her clients at checkout. Just as the Christ of God Himself washed the feet of his apostles, coming not as a king to order others around, but rather as an attentive servant with a loving desire to fulfill the needs of others. For the last year or two, I have purchased only bollio and pan dulce from this bakery exclusively, especially for family events like Eater, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. But I never thought to buy a cake from here until last week. My older sister and I made the mistake of waiting until the last-minute to order our other sister's cake for her bachelorette party! But Blanca came to our rescue. Four days before my sister's party, I sent Blanca an email to ask if she would take-on an extremely last-minute order. The website for Estrella De Mexicali, clearly states that cake orders should be placed 4 to 5 weeks in advance. Still, I took a hopeful risk and sent the email anyway. I attached a photo of what my older sister wanted the cake to look like, and I included answers to the short questionnaire from the ordering website: "How soon is your event? What is your budget? What style of cake are you looking for? How many guests will you be serving? What flavor, filling, and icing are desired? Do you want a cake topper? Do you want handmade fondant decorations?" About 20 minutes after sending the email, Blanca promptly responded, willing to take on our last-minute order! She clarified and elaborated on a few creative details regarding the cake order: she said vanilla flavor with pastry cream filling, handmade Chantilly flowers, natural orange slices, and chocolate dipped macarons! (Top cake: 8 inches, bottom cake 10 inches.) The cake she created for us turned out even better than the photo we sent her, which was a screenshot of a mainstream Hispanic large chain bakery/grocery store. Thanks be to God the Eternal Father, I made the right choice in giving our order to a small business instead, because by Saturday the cake was ready for the party! The cake tasted sweet, light, soft, and airy. It was as delicious as it looked in the photos. Blanca and her lovely bakery have my appreciation and my gratitude for coming to my family's rescue!

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First time here !! Got warm Bolillos Tamales de rajas and Pan dulce con cafe de la hoya!! Everything is delicious wish I had more room in my tummy to try everything else. I will definitely be back for more !!! Yummy Cynthia m

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Chilaquiles are awesome, super delicious and portions are huge, service is the best, go early and you get the fresh Mexican bread in town

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Good food and bakery! Got the tamales and pan dulce and both were super good! Glad I found this place

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Good fresh bread every morning favored time to come everything is fresh and well priced

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