The ultimate collection of mini desserts from a master baker.
Now you can enjoy all of the flavor of full-size portions without any of the guilt. Bite-size desserts make everybody happy. Renowned pastry chef Carole Bloom shows you how to create unforgettable mini desserts—the ideal sweet treats for people who always ask for "just a teeny tiny slice" as well as partygoers who want to splurge on two or even three different bite-size delights.
Treat yourself to a wide assortment of small sweets—including cakes, cupcakes, scones, shortcakes, muffins, pastries, tartlets, turnovers, galettes, cobblers, crips, custards, mousses, puddings, cookies, ice creams, and sorbets. You'll get detailed, easy-to-follow recipe instructions as well as tips on serving mini desserts for parties. Bite-Size Desserts is packed with tiny treasures guaranteed to delight your family and friends.
Recipe Excerpts from Bite-Size Desserts
Creamy Caramel Mousse
Bittersweet Chocolate-Mint Truffle Squares
Nectarine and Walnut Galettes
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Product Details
Author:
Carole Bloom CCP
Hardcover:
208 pages
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
April 13, 2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
0470226978
Product Length:
8.6 inches
Product Width:
8.3 inches
Product Height:
0.9 inches
Product Weight:
1.9 pounds
Package Length:
8.6 inches
Package Width:
7.9 inches
Package Height:
1.0 inches
Package Weight:
1.7 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 17 reviews
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45 of 45 found the following review helpful:
Delicious recipes, simply yum Apr 14, 2009
By Lisa Bieler 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...
31 of 32 found the following review helpful:
A good mini-desserts guide Aug 26, 2009
By Veronika Krejci
"CO pastry queen"
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 krejci Denver
Bite-Size Desserts: Creating Mini Sweet Treats, from Cupcakes and Cobblers to Custards and Cookies
40 of 47 found the following review helpful:
Meh. Jun 21, 2009
By Shannon Chamberlain The recipes in this book *look* wonderful. And many of them are. The cobblers and crisps are a hit at my house, and incredibly easy to make. But I think the author assumes greater competence in the kitchen (bakery?) than I have, or probably than most people have. Several of the recipes are extremely temperamental. I've made the venetian almond tartlets three times now. The first time, they came out very well. The second time, the almond filling caved in on itself and smothered the almonds. The third time, the tarts stuck to the tartlet pans and I couldn't get them out for the life of me. I made the recipe the exact same way in each case, but something--the phase of the moon, maybe?--was off. The walnut nectarine galettes are another good example. The dough, if you make it as suggested, simply isn't doughy: I had to add nearly four tablespoons of flour to get it to a consistency where I could even wrap it up and refrigerate it. Despite all of this effort, the dough still wasn't right, and didn't wrap around the nectarines correctly, resulting in burned edges when I cooked it. The dough recipes in particular seem to give me trouble, despite following the directions to the letter. They tend to stick to the wax paper unless you cover the dough in flour, resulting in so much wasted material that the recipes end up making half of what they should. The mascarpone raspberry parfaits simply did not come out: a direction that looks like a suggestion to refrigerate turns out to be an absolute command.
So I can't really give this book my unqualified recommendation. It's important to read the instructions extremely carefully, three or four times. Even then, you might end up with a disaster on your hands. I really like the premise: I love to try multiple kinds of dessert, something I can never do with the full-size versions. But these recipes should have been vetted more carefully, or more instructions and ideas about possible points where they might go wrong provided by the author. Not all of us have the competence to improvise, or to see where recipes are likely to go wrong before they do.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Bite-Size Desserts Is A Gem May 26, 2009
By Bonnie Jo Manion 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!
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Best desserts I have ever had!!! Jul 13, 2009
By Paula Kindler 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.
based on 17 reviews
Delicious recipes, simply yum Apr 14, 2009
By Lisa Bieler
Meh. Jun 21, 2009
By Shannon Chamberlain
