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 – Sweet Treats
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…
Chocolate hazelnut mousse entremet
“What’s more delicious than a pot of velvety chocolate mousse?” I asked J, my 5 year old daughter. She looked puzzled, not that she didn’t understand me, but that it was already quite up there on her ‘best food moments’ list I think. “One decorated with all sorts of chocolatey bites and pearls, perhaps?” I…
Soft Yoghurt Bread
If you want to have at least one little piece from this loaf, take my advice and make a double batch. This is because after making a single batch, about 11 small rounds, half of it disappeared within 20 minutes of it coming out of the oven. Two hungry hippos came home and gobbled them…
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…
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