My friend’s mom had a birthday recently! So I whipped up some Chocolate Caramel Macarons because she has never had a macaron and wanted to try these. After accidentally neglecting my boiling caramel (oops!), I tried to short-cut and buy premade caramel sauce but it just wasn’t the same. The caramel tasted completely different than mine. IRead more
Chocolate Macarons with Salted Caramel Filling. Can you really beat that? I’m not sure you can. These were AWESOME! So tender and delicious inside. Mmmm. So pretty too! French Macarons make the most absolute cutest gifts ever…and the tastiest… and just overall the best. 🙂 My oven went crazy again and ruined aRead more
Sometimes when you improvise you create unexpectedly delicious treats!….at least that is what I learned while making a recent batch of treats for an art gallery exhibit. Things didn’t go quite according to plan while trying to make some powdered strawberry and vanilla bean macarons. I may have accidentally ‘overheated’ and destroyed the strawberries’ flavor while drying themRead more
The famous (or should I say infamous?) Salted Caramel Macarons! What little beauties. I love how contrasting yet complimentary these sweet and salty gems are. The perfect treat! Here is the recipe that I used for the macarons shown above: I do have a different recipe for a Fleur de Sel Caramel Filling that is not aRead more
Alas, the gods did not smile on me in the beginning of my epic. My macaron adventures have been both exciting and tragic, a tale of great joy and despair, however, I do believe my days of frustration and hopelessness are over. I have begun to understand how my technique influences the final product and I celebrateRead more
I made some desserts for an “Under Construction” Baby Shower. The theme colors were yellow, black and white. I made Chocolate Fudge Cake Pops, Lemon Tassies w/ Rasberries and Orange French Macarons. The original plan was to have an orange macaron tower representing a construction cone but I wasn’t able to do that. It would have been soRead more
My first attempt at French Macarons was a blast. They actually turned out quite good! I thought it was going to be really hard. I did go a little crazy with the food coloring though. 🙂 I had never tried them before and they are actually quite tasty! I also tried out a buttercreamRead more
My latest baking adventure lead me to a new dessert discovery. French Macarons. I saw them on a website and they looked so elegant that I had to try making them. They were, fortunately, a lot easier than I expected! I was extremely excited about that. I had the wonderful opportunity to create a dessertRead more