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Porto’s Bake at Home is EVERYTHING

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A constant since the beginning days of this blog 13 years ago has been my declaration of love for Porto’s Bakery. 

No es por nada, but they have always had consistently delicious baked goods and have always delivered on both quality and taste. We get an assortment of Cuban appetizers for our Noche Buena celebrations every year from Porto’s, and we also had them cater Marc and Lucy’s wedding (of course!) but that’s not important right now. 

I recently reached out to Porto’s Bake at Home. (I wrote about them here and here.) “Would you be willing to sponsor one of my October Blogoversary Giveaways?” They did not hesitate to say a big YES. 

Listen carefully, my people living in El Exilio Del Exilio who don’t have a fabulous Cuban bakery nearby…

Portos Bake at Home has offered to send out a box of two (2) dozen Bake at Home items of your choice to one (1) lucky winner! This is EVERYTHING! 

I usually go straight for the Refugiados and the Cheese Rolls. (Trust me on this.) But they’ve just added a new Brownie Cookie that you can only get through Bake at Home that I’m anxious to try as well. 

The beauty of buying the frozen Bake at Home deliciousness is that you can make them all at once for a party (which I do all the time). Easy to do with the simple instructions in each box. 

The party thing is right up in my wheelhouse because we do movie nights regularly and I order the frozen Porto’s Bake at Home all the time. Because California and traffic. Please appreciate my ‘Chef’ Inspired Birthday Celebration. Talk about impressing your guests! 

Ya tu sabes.

But, also, you can bake just one or two for breakfast each day. That’s right. Imagine a fresh, hot Refugiado right from your oven in the morning with your coffee.

One of life’s greatest pleasures. 

However – and I say this with great love –  if you have not yet tried the Porto’s Bakery Classic Potato Balls, you haven’t yet lived. 

Let’s quickly recap:

  1. I love Porto’s.
  2. Porto’s Bakery is the place to go when you are Cuban in Southern California.
  3. They catered my daughter’s wedding.
  4. You can now get their best stuff delivered frozen so you can bake them at home yourself.
  5. They’re sponsoring today’s giveaway. (YAY!!!)

Here’s how to enter the giveaway for a chance to win two (2) dozen Porto’s Bake at Home Cuban goodies for FREE. 

Two ways to enter – here on the blog or over on Instagram. 

  1. To enter the giveaway, click over to the Porto’s Bake at Home site – come back and leave a comment ON THIS POST and tell me which Cuban bakery favorites you would choose to be delivered to your very own doorstep.

  2. Or, bounce over to my Instagram account, follow MyBigFatCubanFamily and Porto’s Bake at Home. Tag a friend on Instagram who needs pastelitos delivered to their door. 

  3. I’ll be choosing the winner on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at 11:00 am PST. You have until then to enter. 

  4. If you’re getting impatient and you’re so inclined, Porto’s Bake at Home is offering a wonderful promo code just for MBFCF readers: You can buy 3 dozen and get the 4th dozen free! with the promo code MBFCF13. Tell them Marta sent you! 

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Thanks to everyone who entered! All the comments from here and Instagram went into a Random Number Generator and that’s how we chose a winner. 

Congratulations to Yolanda @sassymamainla – send me a DM with your shipping address so I can get your Porto’s goodies out to you ASAP! 

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Comments

  1. Teresa Dellinger says

    The potato balls and the guava pastries. I have been wanting to try them since seeing your post.

  3. Ody says

    Hi Marta!!!! We do have Vicki Bakery here in Miami, but I would love to taste Porto’s which you have
    so fondly spoken about for years. So here are my choices: The Cheese Pastelitos and the Chicken Empanadas!!!!
    Oh Boy!!! 🙂

    • Lo Bruner says

      The meat pies and the papa rellenas are my absolute favorite (if I had to only choose two!!) I miss my abueltios so much with them living in Burbank and us living in Nebraska. I miss my Cuban roots living in the Midwest and Porto’s just makes all of us so happy!!

  5. Vivien says

    Oh man picking only one would be so hard! Porto’s is always one of our first stops when we visit California! But I’m already looking to order some Refugidos, cheese rolls & potato balls and some meat pies! But man what I’d give for them to do croquettes for bake at home! Being a Cuban living in Utah is tough – we need a Cuban bakery or restaurant here in a bad way!

  6. Janet gomez says

    Sin duda ninguna los pastelitos de guayaba have to be a MUST!! LOL y los rollitos de cheese pq no! Que riquerraa

  7. C Fisher says

    How can you pick just 1 or 2???? But, if we must, Cheese and Refugiado®- Guava & Cheese Strudel are way up there!!!!!

  9. Carmela C says

    Oh my! So, hard to pick just one. I love pastelitos de guayaba and the meat pies look so good. My mouth is watering.

  10. Sandra Cordovi says

    My goodness I did not know they offered this! I would want to try the potatoe balls and guava and cheese.

  12. Moraima Perdomo says

    Although I want to try EVERYTHING but if I have to choose two, the Potato Balls and the Besitos cookies have picked my curiosity.

  13. Haylee Shalaby says

    Why must I choose?? I’ve never had anything bad there! I’d order potato balls and cheese rolls – something for everyone in my home ❤️

  19. Reyna says

    Potato balls and refugiados. We need Porto’s in Ocala. When we go o to California we will make it a point to go to Portos. FOR SURE!!!

  25. Alicia M. says

    Hi Marta!
    I would definitely want las empanadas de pollo y los refugiados! I mean, lo quisiera todo pero if I had to pick, those are my choices:)

  26. Carie says

    Marta felicidades on 13 Years in the Blogosphere! What a special treat, this giveaway from Porto’s Bakery I would love: Cheese and Spicy Pepper Potato Ball® or the Potato Ball®!! They look and by the description sound amaze-balls (sorry couldn’t help myself)!!! Thank you for the opportunity! Love you!

  28. Angela Lovejoy says

    I drool over these when I see your part posts! I would love to try the meat pies and the brownie cookies 🙂

  29. Lourdes Ungaro says

    Hola Marta! Como está?
    Pastelitos de carne y papas rellenas, por favor!
    Muchas gracias!

  31. Eneida Chandler says

    Pasteles de Guava por favor! I live in the SF Bay Area snd when visiting SoCal, a stop at Porto’s is mandatory to get my Cuban fix. I bring tons of goodies back home and share a few with the flight attendants- and even the pilots – on my flights back. They love the pastelitos as well! Buen provecho’.

  32. Margie Cruz says

    Refugiados y las papas!!! My daughter lived in Hollywood & Agoura Hills for 10 yrs… we would visit every year (sometimes 2x) and our next day visit was to Porto’s!!! we would go 2 to 3 x… we live in Coral Springs (by Boca Raton) and we go to Miami every Sunday… but not to bakeries… boy do we miss Porto’s their food, pastelitos & cakes are amazing!!!

  33. Zonia says

    Entered my email to Porto’s mailing list for the giveaway. I didn’t see a link to enter your giveaway. I hope that was it?

  36. Zaira (Chiquita) Todaro says

    I think I would love the Refujiados and the cheese ones you had at Lucy’s wedding. I want to introduce my son to the wonderful world of Cuban delicacies. We live in Oregon and there is nothing like that here. He will think he died and went to heaven.

  38. Vanessa Castañeda says

    Papa Rellenas and pastels con queso y guava! They currently live in my freezer at home so I am running low. Yummy!

  39. Ruth says

    I would love, love … LOVE to try all of them honestly. But asi…. the Pastel de Carnesssss! That is everything missing in my life! So simple, yet deliciosa! I left NY, NJ for PA and no one around here has ANY Cuban goods! I’m intrigued that these are frozen and available for me to purchase, none the less. (I will be shopping randomly) But who wouldn’t love a taste of history? Plus, I would love to Bri g it to Mami and cheer her up!

  40. Ruth says

    I would love, love … LOVE to try all of them honestly. But asi…. the Pastel de Carnesssss! That is everything missing in my life! So simple, yet deliciosa! I left NY, NJ for PA and no one around here has ANY Cuban goods! I’m intrigued that these are frozen and available for me to purchase, none the less. (I will be shopping randomly) But who wouldn’t love a taste of history? Plus, I would love to Bri g it to Mami and cheer her up! My Cuban Queen.

  41. Vivian says

    Thank you so much for all your love of Cuban food and for sharing it with us.
    I love Porto!! I love everything but when I go I always get guava pastels and cheese rolls and tamales.
    Thank you again and Happy 13 years!!

  42. MARTA ZARRAGOITIA says

    Gracias Marta – de una tocaya. Me encanta tu blog y me siento tan agusto cuando leo y veo todas tus recetas y bellas fotos. Aunque llevo 52 anos en este pais, siempre me presento y me reconocen companeros y amistades como una CUBANA. Mil gracias por mantener nuestra cultura por tan alto nivel.

  43. Evelyn says

    Definitely, the meat pies and the cheese rolls. How I wish we had Porto’s Bakery in Central Texas.

  45. Iris says

    Ay Dios Mio!Everything looks so yummy! I’m sure it all smells so good too! I’m not picky, I say surprise me with what you like, I’m sure I’m going to love it and order more to share with family and friends over the holidays. ❤️

  47. Grisel says

    You have made my mouth water!! No such bakeries anywhere here! My favs are the pastelitos de guayaba y queso, but my gringo and half Cuban kids like pastelitos de carne.

  48. Jammee l Digon says

    We love PORTOS! I have purchased from the bakery (a must go to when in Calif) and I have baked with the home delivery. Believ it or not fresh baked at home is a little better than at the bakery. Fresh hot out of the oven when you want. I would like the Papa Rellenas and pastels con queso y guava if I win

    Thank you

  51. Monica says

    I grew up in Southern California eating Porto’s for most all of our birthday parties and celebrations. I’ve tried to recreate these pastelitos here in Oregon but have never been able to arrive at Potro’s quality (of course not!). My two favorites have always been Refugiados and Pastelitos de carne. So happy that they offer delivery! Even to Oregon?! De verdad?

  52. Betty Steward says

    Chicken empanadas and potato balls. Left Cuba at age 14. Most of the 57 years I’ve lived in the USA there hasn’t been many Cuban places close by to enjoy mis favoritos.
    Gracias por tu blog y todos los cuentos en tu recipe book. ❤️

  53. Jeanna says

    Hello Marta! It’s the Country Cuban’s wife, I do lay claim to be an honorary Cuban!
    I would 100% for sure choose the Refugiados AND the Meat Pies. Both I make at home but I love when someone else does the cooking for me to make my celebrations easier to come together.
    I am forever trying my best to expose my family to the food of your people…for Labor Day we made Fritas….no Southern Bar-Be-Que for us!
    Congratulations, Marta on your blogaversary! (You make me feel like I’m included.)

  55. Jeanette Colon says

    Well I grew up is Southern California and have been going to Portos since I was young. Lived in the San Fernando Valley and going there was the weekend treat. Been there with the first bakery in Glendale, then was thrilled when they moved to the bigger building of course just a few doors down. Moved to Glendale when I got married and lived 5 minutes from there. Live in Florida now and you would think that finding a great Cuban bakery would be redundant, but haven’t found one yet. Portos is still the winner. I have gone back to visit my home state and always make my way there. Have even told them they need to branch out to Florida. I miss the bread, the cuban crackers, and they used to make a guava wheel pie thing which was my favorite but they took that away. Papa rellena always, pastellitos de carne, always, of course every birthday cake and shower cake came from there. Being Cuban there is nothing more comforting than our food and desserts. Love to make all those things at home but when you just don’t want to bother, that was my go to.

  56. Mayra Szlukier says

    Porto’s is the best. If I win I would like the refugiados and the cheese rolls.
    I moved from California to Oregon two years ago and miss my trips to Porto’s for my Cuban “fix”.

  59. Martha Forehand says

    Empanadas, or Meat Pies – I may have to get both! And the Cheese Rolls! Too many great choices!

  61. Marsha McTigue says

    Hi Marta. Congratulations on your big anniversary! If I am lucky 🍀 enough to win, I would like the meat pies. They look so good!!

  63. Yvette says

    Pick! Pick! Pick! I don’t know because it’s all so good! Guava and cheese pastries are a definite. Maybe the dulce de leche besitos!

  64. Aleida Diaz says

    Pastelitos de queso and carne are my favorites. And at a bakery I rarely leave without a couple of Señoritas.

  65. Maria C Gomez says

    I usually visit Vicki’s when I go trip Miami. Love pastelitos and cuban sandwiches my daughter @_jenayyy too

  68. Nélida Caballero says

    Wow! Didn’t know about “bake at home”! I think my top 2 choices would be papas rellenas y rollos de queso…..no wait…. Besitos de dulce de leche y empanadas de pollo…. no, I think I would prefer refugiados y pastelitos de carne…

  69. Maria Daniell says

    First of all, congratulations!
    Refugiados! Porto’s catered my wedding too, 15 years later people still talk about the food. We have friends who drive over an hour just to have lunch at Porto’s. Please don’t include me in giveaway; give to someone who has never has not experienced the delight of Porto’s.
    Enjoy.

  70. Ana Hessong says

    Technically, you said “which Cuban FAVORITES” so I vote for trying the all! We live in Dallas, and although we have a couple of Cuban restaurants and a Cuban bakery that’s not too bad, it’s great to now know I can get it delivered to my door! My sister’s and my family do “Cuban Extravaganza” nights when we can get all our grown children together. Having them ready in the freezer would be awesome 🥰. So, I’d order up pastelitos de guava, Refugiados, pastelitos de carne, oh my!

    • Lilly says

      Ana, could you send me the names and addresses of the Cuban restaurants and bakery in Dallas? My family lives in Plano, would love to take them there when I visit from Chicago. Thanks
      [email protected]

  72. Lourdes Johnson says

    Los pastelitos de guayaba y las papas rellenas. Aunque todos se ven muy apetitosos. Gracias

  74. Shela says

    Dulche de Leche kisses & potato balls are my favorite! My friend bought me 30 pieces of the dulche de leche kisses a week before i gave birth and i enjoyed every bite of it! I just gave birth & would love to have some of them. Haha

  77. Lilly says

    It’s been a while since I’ve received any emails from you guys. Always like to hear the family stories. Miss not having pastelitos de guayaba y Croquettas. Nothing out here in Chicago suburbs. Thanks

  78. Lilly says

    It’s been a while since I’ve received any emails from you guys. Always like to hear the family stories. Miss not having pastelitos de guayaba y Croquettas. Nothing out here in Chicago suburbs. Thanks

  80. Julie says

    Refugiado are the ones I want to try so bad!! I even managed to get my Pennsylvania born and raised fiance to fall in love with the cheese rolls on our visits to Miami.

  81. Victoria Neill says

    I have been dying to try the Dulce de Leche Besitos y Potato Balls! Trying to get back to my Cuban roots!

  82. Pam B. says

    Meat Pies! Oh, my boyfriend would be so happy! He wa born and raised in Cuba until at age 13, came to the US via Spain! I can Just imagine his eyes rolling in the back of his head as he tastes the authentic flavors of his youth!!

  83. Nivia Diaz says

    Love your blog!! I would love the chicken empanadas and meat pies . I love Portos 💕. One of my favorite places to eat . When I’m in the L.A area.

  84. Mary Lou Arrate says

    Everything thing looks delicious but I would love to have Guava pastries and Meat pies only get when I visit Miami. It has been a long time and really all look great Hope to win Thanks and God Bless

  85. Virginia Quintana Kirk says

    I’ve been ordering the Guava Pastries for a couple of years. Would love to try the empanadas and meat pastries.

  88. Matilde Hanna says

    I LOVE Porto’s Refugiados, potatoe balls, cheese rolls, dulce leche cookies, media noches, batido de Mamey … oh wait you only wanted two- lol

  89. Matilde Hanna says

    I LOVE Porto’s Refugiados, potatoe balls, cheese rolls, dulce leche cookies, media noches, batido de Mamey … oh wait you only wanted two- lol

    p.s; Love your blog!

  92. Annette says

    All the foods pictured on their site are mouth-watering; I’d have a hard time deciding. I guess because I haven’t eaten yet, the Meat Pie (Pastel de Carne) is the first one that jumped out at me. That’s surprising since I’m such a sweets-junkie.

  93. Tere Gomez Gonzalez says

    los besitos y los pastelitos de guayaba – which i am very impressed to know are being described as struedel