Pink Elephant Bakery ★ 4.2
Family-owned East San Jose institution baking authentic pan dulce since 1978, with bolillos, flaky empanadas, flan, and towering tres leches cakes.
Worth the queue: Tres leches cake
Pena's Bakery is a bakery in East San Jose, San Jose.
East San Jose panaderia popular for pan dulce, rosca de reyes at Three Kings, quinceañera cakes, and fresh conchas rotating out of the oven all day.
Editorially verified June 26, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 2255 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116
Family-owned East San Jose institution baking authentic pan dulce since 1978, with bolillos, flaky empanadas, flan, and towering tres leches cakes.
Worth the queue: Tres leches cake
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Worth the queue: Burnt Almond Cake
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Worth the queue: Shokupan milk bread loaf
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Worth the queue: Mango passion fruit mousse Bamboo cake
Family-owned East San Jose institution baking authentic pan dulce since 1978, with bolillos, flaky empanadas, flan, and towering tres leches cakes.
Worth the queue: Tres leches cake