Trend watch: Individual desserts  Baking a single slice of pie
and a cake that makes everyone happy.  Little did we know that
the cupcake craze was actually a symptom of a much larger desire
for individualized desserts. Sure, we've always had tartlets,
creme brulee, and pudding. But lately we've noticed a couple of
ideas for turning normally communal desserts into single-serving
affairs.  (Credit: The Baker's Catalogue) For example, why bake
a whole pie when you can bake individual slices in one of these
pans? The 2/3-cup, wedge-shaped stoneware pan, which we first
saw on Baking Bites, bakes a perfectly sized slice of pie (or
other pastry) so you don't have to worry about the crust falling
apart or the filling oozing out of your slice--if you're the
kind of person to worry about that. I am not that person, and I
imagine that I would end up using these pans to serve nuts or
olives at a Trivial Pursuit-themed cocktail party.  (Credit:
Core77) The next example: the S-XL Cake Mold, spotted on design
blog Core77.