I'm a dessert freak. I love dessert. We stayed at the Contemporary and those cupcakes the size of a baby's head were fantastic. I keep hoping for better dessert options from these menus I've seen but so far...not hugely impressed. I'll hope for the best during our cruise I do hear if you're a dessert person Carnival is the way to go, but based off of prior meals at WDW and other Disney properties I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they'll pull off some to-die-for desserts
I, like you, am a dessert freak and retired baker. I did Carnival and was unimpressed with their desserts too. I had the lava cake every night due to the lack of being impressed. On DCL I end up ordering as much Gran Mariner souffle as possible.
Another unpopular opinion I liked the popcorn soup, and was also unimpressed with the All Hands on Deck cheese platter and I love cheese like I love dessert. I prefer the oatmeal cookies over the chocolate chip ones