About Butter and Bliss

Since 2019, Butter and Bliss has been a trusted source for small batch baking. Designed for smaller households and special celebrations, thousands of readers appreciate the scaled-down versions of everyday desserts and pastries.

Founded by Erin Cernich, Butter and Bliss is built on firsthand experience and the belief that dessert should still feel special, even if it’s just for two. Each small batch recipe is thoughtfully developed and tested to deliver reliable results without extra leftovers.

Butter and Bliss has been featured on Taste of Home, The Spruce Eats, ELLE, Parade, and more (yes, including the internet-famous small batch cinnamon swirl pumpkin bread).

Read more about Erin here.

What You Will Find Here

Small Batch Baking Recipes and Desserts For Two

Everything from mini peach and cheese tarts to the favorite 6-inch vanilla cake, each recipe is built from scratch for smaller portions. Most serve 2 to 4 people (sometimes 6, if you get sneaky and cut smaller slices), and every recipe includes helpful notes to make baking easier. The comments section is worth a peek too — you might find answers to questions you didn’t even know you had.

A Few Gluten Free Small Batch Desserts

You’ll also find a small selection of small batch and gluten free desserts on the blog. These recipes use a custom blend of single-source flours to ensure great flavor and texture — mostly almond flour, oat flour, and tapioca flour. For classic desserts, you’d never guess were gluten free.

a handful of yeast bread and pastries

For special weekend baking or holiday brunch, explore the breads and pastries — perfect for two. The homemade seasoned bagels and flaky almond croissants are among the most popular recipes on the blog.

I Like To Use Maple Syrup And Coconut Cream

Expect to see a few ingredient swaps. I often use maple syrup in place of sugar and coconut cream instead of milk or heavy cream when they make sense for the recipe. Like the caramel sauce made with maple syrup, or whipped cream made with coconut cream. But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of butter, sugar, and dairy in my recipes.

A Few Things You Won’t Find

  • Ingredient substitutions – Except in cases where I have tested or researched it, I will reference it. For example, the gluten free single-source flours I use do not behave the same as the cup4cup blends.   
  • Specific diets – Even with my gluten free recipes, I do not claim them to fit into any diet (i.e., Paleo, Keto, Whole30, etc.). And though a lot of my gluten free desserts are made with a paleo flour blend, I still use butter and sugar.
  • AI-generated content – This is my personal blog, and I take immense pride in all of the content I’ve created. What you see here is what I have made in my own kitchen.

5 Helpful Tips To Get You Started

 1.  Small Batch Baking Must-Haves

Be sure to check the post for the best tools for baking in small batches. This is a curated, in-depth list of all the kitchen equipment I use. Small batch baking equipment is a little different than your standard – i.e., odd-size measuring spoons or shot-glass measuring cups – because we work in smaller quantities.

2.  Double – Or Standard – Batches

This question is asked a lot – can I double the recipe to make a larger batch? First, I love that you’re visiting my recipe in the first place! If I have tested or researched that a recipe can be doubled, I will let you know in the recipe notes. 

But more importantly, I caution you to avoid simply doubling the recipe because it may not yield the right result. Baking is a science, and sometimes just doubling the ingredients will throw everything off. 

3.  If You’re New To Small Batch Baking, Start With These Recipes

  • Butter and Bliss small batch pumpkin bread mini loaves on a wood platter.
  • Creamy chocolate pots de creme topped with whipped cream in a white bowl.
  • The best cherry almond galette for two on a piece of parchment paper and dusted with powdered sugar.
  • Beautiful black forest cupcake topped with whipped cream and a fresh cherry.

4.  Or Try A Small Batch Dessert That Is Also Gluten Free

  • Single cookie with a bite on a table.
  • A delicious bite of a gluten free cream cheese cookie stacked on another cookie on a table.
  • Single glute free chocolate cupcake on a mini cupcake stand
  • Slices of apple spice gluten free bread stacked on top of each other bursting with apples.

5.  If You Love A Recipe, Please Let Me Know!

Not really a tip, but more of a favor. If you make one of the recipes, I’d love to hear from you in the comments section below the recipe – along with a STAR rating. 

This is helpful because it encourages more readers to try the recipe, and keeps Butter and Bliss top of search results. In turn, I can continue to provide FREE recipes for you!

I’m incredibly thankful for your support, and having you here means the world to me. From my kitchen to yours — thank you for trusting Butter and Bliss with your small batch cravings. Now, let’s have some fun baking and discover your future favorite sweet treat!

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