Bite-Size Desserts: Creating Mini Sweet Treats, from Cupcakes to Cobblers to Custards and Cookies Hardcover – March 27, 2009

Not long ago I purchased the book "Bite-size desserts". When I was recently asked to make desserts for a fundraiser for a non-profit organization (I do the baking for free and only get reimbursed for the ingredients) I decided to use recipes from this book because I needed to make small desserts. I planned 7 desserts for about 100 people (a 2 day baking marathon in my small home kitchen) and selected 5 of the recipes from Carole's book: Sour Cream Cupcakes, Lemon Tartlets, Madeleines, Filo Triangles, and Cardamom Butter Cookies. I made few adjustments to some of the recipes (for example the filo triangles I filled only with a tiny scoop of Nutella, in the cupcakes I replaced the cinnamon with vanilla, Madeleines I made with finally chopped crystallized ginger and in the lemon tartlets I replaced the meringue with fresh blueberries because of transporting logistics), but in general I followed all the instructions in the recipes.The desserts were a huge hit and I want to complement Carole on her book. I found the sections on "'keeping" and "making a change" very useful too. I liked the overall selection of the recipes in the book and will certainly try to make many more.There was only a slight issue for me with listing all the ingredients in one list and not separating them into a list for a dough or batter and for a topping or frosting. Couple times I put the whole amount (of sugar for instance) in the batter or dough and later as I was following the steps did I realize my mistake. Luckily I tested the recipes in small batches before I made a bigger amount. Once I figured the organization of the ingredients I carefully read each recipe before making it (which should always be done anyway) and noted on the margins the correct amounts. But this issue still did not detract from the overall value of the book.Carole's book will be on my Christmas shopping list for all my friends who share my passion of baking.Thanks for a great book.veronika krejciDenver Bite-Size Desserts: Creating Mini Sweet Treats, from Cupcakes and Cobblers to Custards and Cookies

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...

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.

These recipes look good but I'm not sure I will actually make any of them.

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.

I bake all the time - looked forward to this book because my husband has a sweet tooth and is always looking for 'a little something sweet with his coffee'. The pictures are enticing but the recipes can be deceptively tricky, and results are often sub par. The book itself is very pretty to display but not a book for the novice baker.

Book arrived before the scheduled date in new condition (even though it was used).It is packed w/lots of dessert ideas for entertaining.The desserts are ideal for showers, for something "little" aftera heavy meal, tapas/small plates parties, etc.

This is a good book with different desserts. Forget the simple ones, this is directed to impress people with the different tastes and mix of ingredients. People will never forget these desserts.

This book has lots of lovely recipes for all sorts of desserts. Great ideas for entertaining.

I shall be using a lot of these recipes in the near future. The recipes are well described and the pictures help a lot.

I love to do themed parties and recently did one of desserts. I used so many of these smaller-sized desserts so everyone could try lots of different things. The Mascarpone-Raspberry Parfaits is a favourite, as is the Double Lemon Meringue Tartlets and little Pear And Triple Ginger Cobblers. It has a good candy section as well. There are good photos, instructions, recipes and ideas. I know I will be using this so many times. P.S. Don't forget the Fudgy Chocolate-Hazelnut Bites!! Make sure you add this to your cookbook collection!

Part of my problem was that I made an assumption that this book would be more of a small-batch recipe book. It's not. These are full recipes that are simply served up in bite sized portions. Designed less for the diet conscious than for those who'd like to do up multiples of small desserts to serve at parties or to a large family. I can do that with any of my own recipes and don't need to purchase a separate book for that. So I was disappointed in this purchase.