We’ve been to the Auckland Observatory recently and inspired by the show about our solar system – “The little star that could” – I went on to create a kaleidoscopic array of macarons, to reflect the colours of our stars and planets. These sat on a 3-tier glass cake plate, alongside the star cake for…
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Rainbow star-shaped birthday cake
It’s impossible to avoid making a rainbow cake. It’s everywhere and at all the kids birthday parties we’ve been to. That itself could be the reason not to make one but I thought well, it is on my pinterest board and my food bucket list so decided to go ahead. I found the perfect recipe…
Orange and dark chocolate ganache macarons
I love orange-flavoured dark chocolate, to me that’s a match made in heaven and whenever I’m given the option of a variety of chocolate truffles, I would go for this over any other. I’ve used Valrhona orange dark chocolate to make my ganache – I’ve been saving them for just this special occasion. They are…
Cola macarons
I was debating what coloured shells should I use for cola-flavoured macarons: If I went for red, I would have completed my rainbow macaron challenge (i.e. having made macarons of each colour of the rainbow). However S reminded me that cola is brownish black, not red. Arr I was thinking about the can not the…
Blueberry, cotton candy and mango macarons
Macarons – Teal, Purple, Yellow, a set on Flickr. What would you do if you had green and pink coloured macarons in the freezer? What kind of photo would you want to build next? Well naturally I wanted to do a ‘rainbow macarons’ photo. So I need to start hogging the best shaped macarons for…
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