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Cherry ripe macarons
I had half a packet of desiccated coconut left over from another project and had been looking for a use for it, then as I was looking for something else in that aisle in the supermarket, I happened upon the … Continue reading
Piña colada macarons
Coconut (nut-free) shells with a rum-spiked pineapple curd filling. Serve these up at your next cocktail party! Made with coconut, these are bordering on macaroon status… but the prep is the same as a macaron so I’m torn… I read … Continue reading
Sesame seed & honey macarons
Sesame seed shells and honey buttercream filling. Amazingly different and wonderfully tasty. As I was planning these, I thought the biggest hurdle would be grinding the sesame seeds fine enough without just making tahini. My first thought was to try … Continue reading
Hazelnut chocolate macarons plus printable template
Nutella macarons sans nutella! It has been ages since I’ve made macarons – so long, in fact, that 3G yelled, “YESSSS!!!” when I handed him one of these. Poor deprived child 😉 I want to experiment with different bases for … Continue reading
Chocolate macaron cake
Chocolate macaron layer cake filled with chocolate Swiss buttercream and topped with shaved chocolate. What else is there to say? I adapted the cake recipe from here and filled it with a Chocolate Swiss buttercream adapted from here. You can … Continue reading
Snickerdoodle macarons
Updated recipe! Snickerons? Macadoodles? These cinnamon sugar encrusted macarons take your favourite holiday cookie to new heights! If this is your first time, for a full step-by-step tutorial on making macarons check out this post. Makes 30 filled macarons Shells: … Continue reading
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Custard cream macarons
“Hmmmm,” I thought, as I mulled over the empty cookie jar, “I wonder…” and these were born. A note on custard powder – I use Bird’s, which is the classic English brand, but I read on the interwebbies that there … Continue reading
Rose macarons
Breast Cancer Awareness month, a.k.a. “Pinktober”, is a month of doing “pink” stuff to raise breast cancer awareness. It is controversial, particularly among survivors, because of both the commercialisation factor and the way that it presents breast cancer as fun … Continue reading
Red velvet macarons with ermine frosting
These obviously aren’t “real” red velvet, given that there’s none of the buttermilk, vinegar or baking soda that give red velvet cake its distinctive texture… they’re just mildly chocolate macs tinted with red food colouring… but I was desperate to … Continue reading
Vanilla bean macarons with salted caramel
These macs are evil. Oh, don’t get me wrong – they are spectacularly good to eat! The shells mature beautifully, the caramel firms in the fridge to be just chewy enough to compliment the texture perfectly and they taste like … Continue reading