The Twelve Little Cakes (2004) is a memoir by Czech author Dominika Dery.

The story includes holidays to Semily in northern Czechoslovakia and to Miedzyzdroje on Poland's Baltic coast.

Dery's parents were dissidents who had taken part in the failed Prague Spring of 1968, causing them to live under suspicion: Jana's parents, who were among the Communist elite, disowned her, Jarda had difficulty finding or keeping a job, and the family always had to be wary of informers.

However, the couple managed to raise their two daughters in a loving, even adventurous household despite their troubles.

Dery's enrollment and progress in ballet school comes to the fore later in the story, culminating in performances at the Smetana and National Theatre in Prague.