I wanted to introduce a secondary crunchy element to my macarons and was toying with the idea when I came across some Cadbury Berry Forrest chocolate. It had jelly and biscuit pieces in the block – perfect! As mentioned in an earlier post I love adding freeze dried powders to macarons. I added plum powder…
Category: Recipes – Macarons
Milo Macarons
This one is for the kids. Remember the controlled drink dispensers in the home room at school? I used to put like 6 clicks of milo into the foam cup with a tiny splash of hot water, just enough to form a thick paste. I would have this as an afternoon “pick me up” during…
Earl Grey macarons
Finally I held my first macaron class this weekend! After sampling my macarons at a gathering last week, a few of my friends asked for a class and as the saying goes ‘Strike while the iron is hot’ we organised for a class straight away. While we did some of my usual flavours, like coffee…
Rainbow Macarons for J’s 5th birthday party
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…
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…
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