Bite-Size Desserts: Creating Mini Sweet Treats, from Cupcakes to Cobblers to Custards and Cookies

Newly widowed, I bought this book to give myself ideas for smaller or single-servings of stuff I'd like to cook. Yes, I can always divide a cheesecake recipe into 16 parts and make small portions, but this is a pretty book to flip through for ideas that need no adjusting. I was surprised that many of the desserts are intended for cute individual guest servings (i.e., impress those folks with the daintiness of offerings, or let them chose more than one thing if they want). I bought it for single-person servings. Some recipes still need to be split into more than one eating session, but, hey, who's to know if I have left-over slightly-fallen chocolate souffle for breakfast.

This book is one of the best cookbooks I've ever owned. When we are all focused on healthy eating and weight management, it is refreshing to discover bite-sized desserts. Yeah! I can indulge my sweet tooth without eating huge portions of cake, pie and custards. When we make desserts bite-sized, we can indulge and still meet our goals for healthy living. I tested the lemon meringue tartlet recipe and loved it. Snall is beautiful! Can't wait to try some of the other sweet treeats! Just reading about them seems to satisfy the appetite.

This is one of the neatest baking books I have ever purchased. First, it is easy to use with all the instructions being written in a simple step by step way using simple language. I have made several of the recipes with no problems at all. Actually most of the recipes are very quick to make requiring only a few steps and ingredients. And are they good, YES! In my judgment Bite-Size has the best of best when it comes to desserts. Another great aspect to this book is that you can make small portion desserts. I recently made a variety of these bite sizers for a backyard Bar-B Q. They were a real hit with everyone. This book is going to be a stable for my dessert making endeavors for a long time to come. Oh, one more thing, the desserts pictures in this book are fabulous.

I am familar with all of Carole Bloom's dessert cookbooks. Her recipes are precise, easy to follow, and fun for all bakers to make. Her flavor combinations are genius. Her latest book, Bite-Size Desserts, is truly a dessert cookbook gem. Bite-Size Desserts has a lively and lovely format, beautiful mouth-watering photos, and a total of 87 tantalizing recipes. Just like its theme, bite-size desserts that deliver big delectable flavors, Bite-Size Desserts delivers big as well, with its wonderful tiny details. I had Carole's book one week, and had already gleefully made "cornmeal-dried cherry scones", "wicked brownie bites", and "raspberry-blueberry crisps". All of them, were scrumptious. Congratulations Carole on your new book, Bite-Size Desserts!

My book arrived a couple of weeks ago and it's taken this long to decide which recipe to make first. It just came out of the oven and wow! I made the first recipe in the book- brown sugar and cornmeal mini bundt cakes. They are ever so slightly lemony and the crunch from the cornmeal is a nice surprise. They whipped up quickly and I really appreciated the weight measurements in the recipes as I find this a more accurate way of cooking. I also like the smaller portions and recipe output. With a small family, I don't need three dozen mini bundt cakes hanging around the house. A dozen is perfect- I can provide dessert for us, and have a plateful to pass out to neighbors and friends. I am thinking I might want to "bake my way through this book." Off to figure out which recipe to prepare next...