I was being rather greedy one night – instead of just making a single flavour of macarons, I decided I should go all out and see how many I can churn out with only one or two coloured shells. Deciding that I should go with what I have in the fridge, I checked and found…
Category: Recipes – Sweet Treats
Toblerone macarons
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…
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…
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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