Mini Cakes & Other Bite-Size - Tapa dura

Perfect for sweet canapes, tea parties or after dinner, you'll find a delicious treat for any occasion in Mini Cakes. Mini cakes are the newest trend sweeping both New York bakeries and Parisian patisseries - delightfully tiny treats that are designed to thrill the taste buds in just one or two mouthfuls. Here you'll find all your favourites - from pecan pies to iced eclairs - on a miniature scale. What's more, eating a mini cake is virtually guilt free because you get all the taste but only a fraction of the calories! Irresistible little Cakes to bake include Strawberry Layer Cakes, mini Blueberry Bundts and French Fancies. Melt-in-the mouth petite Pastries are gorgeous to look at and even nicer to eat - choose from Glazed Pear Galettes, Millefeuilles or Profiteroles. Who can resist indulgent bite-size Tartlets - here you'll find Summer Berry Tartlets, Caramelized Tartes au Citron and Chocolate and Salted Caramel Tartlets. Delicious ideas for dinky Desserts include Rum and Pineapple Pavlovas, TiramisA' Roulade and more.

A lawyer and MasterChef finalist in 2007, Hannah Miles has a second career as a food writer. She has a column in Country Kitchen and Country & Town House magazines and writes for Delicious. She is the author of Sundaes & Splits, Whoopie Pies and The Glutenfree Baker (all published by Ryland Peters & Small).