Mexican bakery opens on Madison Ave in Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Daisies Pasteles, a bakery specializing in Mexican desserts, had its soft opening at 418 Madison Avenue in Albany on Friday, March 29. The bakery is in the former Son of Egg space, which closed in September 2023.

Owner Daisy Diaz started baking cakes during the COVID-19 pandemic. She then started baking for her co-workers and posted her creations on Facebook so more people started ordering cakes from her.

“It started getting out of hand,” Diaz told NEWS10. “Eventually, I quit my job to just focus on cakes.”

Diaz spent the last year baking custom cakes from her house as an at-home bakery. Once it got to be too big of an operation for her home kitchen, she started looking to open a storefront. You can check out some photos of the bakery in the video player above.

Daisies Pasteles offers full cakes, slices of cake, cake cups, flan, jello, and other Mexican desserts, as well as Mexican bread. Diaz specializes in tres leches cakes with a variety of different fillings including fruit, Nutella, and Oreo. She’ll still be making custom cakes for those who order at least a day in advance.

As for beverages, Daisies Pasteles serves hot coffee from Chris’ Coffee in Latham, and a sweet Mexican hot coffee with cinnamon and caramelized sugar. She plans to start offering fresh hibiscus and tamarind drinks for the summer, as well as horchata and other fruit waters.

“It’s really exciting,” said Diaz. “I love all the support I’m getting from our community here.”

Son of Egg, a Korean-American restaurant, closed its Albany location due to structural issues with the building, an employee told NEWS10 at that time. Diaz said she had the space fully inspected and it was cleared for her to open.

Diaz is hoping to have an official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony at some point in the future. Daisies Pasteles is open Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.