What else can I turn into a macaron? I wondered out loud one day at the supermarket. It’s been eight months, and I am still making macarons. I can’t see this quest finishing any time soon and I don’t think this is a phase either. Having read and watched Adriano Zumbo make his macarons, I…
Category: Recipes – Sweet Treats
Three-eyed alien cake and cake pops from space (toy story aliens)
We recently celebrated J’s fourth birthday. Unlike last year when we had the Thomas tank engine cake, this year the theme isn’t very strong. I was going for the whole Toy Story / super heroes theme with a party at Museum of Technology and Transport. I was wondering what cakes I could do when I…
Popcorn macarons with salted caramel and popcorn ‘snow’
I’ve been slowly working through my macaron flavour list and finally arrived at popcorn! My memories of popcorn brings me back to my high school days. It would be the last day of school before the summer holiday, and we would typically change from our school uniforms to causal wear and head out for an…
100s and 1000s macaron with salted caramel filling
I’ve been working on a new macaron flavour and I think I have invented one – well at least in the cyber world of Google. The inspirations came from my daughter J, who loves the sprinkles on cupcakes. She asked if she could sprinkle the 100s and 1000s onto my last batch of macarons, and…
No Bake Mango Cheesecake
A good friend shared this recipe with me a while ago, and while hesitant to try it at first, for fear of making syrup from scratch, I have since found tinned mango purees from Indian grocery stores and made this now-favourite cheesecake more times than my fingers could count. Thank you Vivian! Ingredients: 15 pieces…
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