Quick Bite: Tiramisu from Mirabelle Fine Pastries

For this very special, anniversary edition of the Quick Bite—over the weekend we celebrated both my birthday and the fourth anniversary of Champaign Taste—I bring you what my esteemed life partner brought me: one perfect, single-serving tiramisu from Mirabelle bakery in Urbana. Actually there were four mini-cakes, one for every year of the blog's life, but I think the photos of the one suffice, don't they?

If you're dieting, forgive me. I allowed myself to wonder (but only fleetingly) how many calories each of these babies contains. They sure seem light as air, so probably it's not that many, ho ho.

While I was looking at the gorgeous mini-cakes, it occurred to me that one of them might make a mom extremely happy on Mother's Day (coming up Sunday, May 9!), which is mainly why I wanted to tell you about them here. If you would like to procure the tiramisu or one of Mirabelle's other astonishingly delicious pastries next weekend, be aware of two things:

1. You need to call this week and tell them what and how many you want.
2. The bakery is closed on Sundays and Mondays, so if you want to surprise that special someone on Mother's Day, you'll need to go in on Saturday to pick up the sweet that you ordered at least 72 hours ahead of time.

Unfortunately, Mirabelle no longer has a Web site, so you'll have to contact the bakery via phone or by just going in. I did a little report on the operation four years ago, if you'd like to look at that.

Mirabelle Fine Pastries
124 West Main Street (1/2 block east of Race St.)
Urbana, IL 61801
217-384-6460
Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.