I think I struck gold when I heard S say “oh how I miss black Toblerone…”. We were talking about how the Toblerone fairy had been visiting work and I was also wondering what macaron flavour I should try next (I haven’t repeated once since I started making them at the start of 2012. There’s…
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Donut macarons
This creation is part of my macaron marathon this week and I ended up letting my piping hand loose on the baking sheet. I piped hollow circles and crossed my fingers that they won’t collapse – they didn’t and I got donut macarons! These were made with the fruit loops macaron base, as I thought…
Chinese Barbecued Pork and Buns (Char Siu Bao/叉烧包)
It went like this: You were about 13 and one afternoon your friends or cousins came over to play, and no one wanted the party to end. What to do for dinner, your parents wondered. There were no ”chinese take away” as such where you can order sweet and sour pork or beef with vegetables…
Fruit loops macarons with buttercream
After the 100s and 1000s macaron, I wondered what a fruit loops macaron would taste /look like – would the colours remain throughout the macaron or would it become a single colour? (The fruit loops I used did not have the usual artificial flavourings, and instead were all natural ingredients such as beets and even…
Chocolate macarons with salted caramel
Chocolate and salted caramel seems to be doing it’s rounds around the www lately. Muffins, cookies, donuts, cakes, ice cream, chocolates and of course, macarons. I wasn’t quite sure what the hype was all about, not until I finally made a batch of salted caramel following a Pierre Herme recipe. It was intended to be…
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