Pasteleria Limon y Menta

Well arranged pastries
Held up to the reviews. Affordable, fresh baked goodies. Best to come with a friend to try an assortment of items as you’ll find some of the pastries very sweet and requires 2 people to finish it.

Came here while passing through the plaza during siesta, and had no idea it was a Rick Steve’s recommendation/​the best place for ponche Segovia, which we of course had to try. Right next door is the place that apparently invented it? But they didn’t have seating so we rounded the corner and stumbled into Limon y Menta. Individual ones are 3E or you can get an entire thing for 12E. We got a smaller one to try first and enjoyed it so got a big one for our breakfast the next day. Numerous other desserts as well and solid wifi!

Being the eccentric person I am, I went into a pasteleria to get a pizza. They had several varieties which looked good, so I went with the barbacoa pizza. I tried to get iced tea, which they could not understand so they brought out tea with a single piece of ice in the cup. The pizza was excellent, reasonably priced around eight Euros, with a very thin crust and a thick, less sweet sauce than American pizzas. It was truly one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had.

Fancy little bakery :) Came here for the famous Segovian ponche & it was quite good. The coffee was excellent :)

MARZIPAN MARZIPAN MARZIPAN.
Guess what I ordered here? A marzipan :)
My mom and I found out about this bakery through Rick Steve’s guide book. The actual term is ponche segoviano, or marzipan cake. The bakery sells «porcion de ponche» 3 €, which is what I bought, or «torta de ponche» for 10 € per ½kg, which is what I wish I had bought :(
Now onto my favorite part: the marzipan cake itself. Goodness, how do I even start describing this wonder block of pastry perfection? Perhaps as a hybrid of rich egg tart-​custard-​cream-​mochi goodness. In between the bottom egg-​custard layer and the denser crumbly layer is a plane of chocolate-​cinnamony cream, wrapped in this opaque mochi layer and topped with some type of honey glaze and powdered sugar.
I really don’t know how else to describe it. It’s just. So. Good.
It’s very sweet though. But. It’s just. So. Good.
They say Toledo’s bakeries have great marzipan (it’s aite), but let me tell you, Segovia’s is better. Go here for a taste of marzipan heaven – you won’t regret it.

In Segovia there are three typical dishes: Suckling pig, La Granja beans and Segovia ponche. This is a rich lemon-​infused sponge cake coated with marzipan and topped in icing sugar with a distinctive criss-​cross pattern. And right at the edge of the Plaza Mayor, you’ll find this yummy little Pasteleria that serves this and other tempting choices.
Gayle and I stopped here at Limón y Menta during a recent day trip to Segovia. It was late in the morning on Día de Hispania, and things were still quiet. We ordered or delicious pastries and took a seat at the rear coffee shop for or Solo and Con Leche choices. The selection up front was rich, our time together was soothing, and it was a smart first stop for what turned out to be an enjoyable Segovia Día.