Macaron Croquembouche
For the PJ crop that I attended on Saturday I made a macaron croquembouche which was filled with a vahlrona chocolate ganache and raspberry preserves.
I have to say these were the best I've ever made, and they were very similar to those I enjoyed in Paris at Pierre Herme...I'm really cracking the code on getting the texture just right.
In the light of day
It's so hard to capture color so I took a photo in the morning before the crop.
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Cherry Almond Scones
It's a day late but I made some scones and couldn't find my round cutter so I used my shamrock cookie cutter. I added some leftover ground almonds from my macaron making and dried bing cherries. Yum!
Happy belated St Patrick's Day!
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Raspberry Pi Pie Croquembouche
Happy Pi Day! In honor of Pi day (3/14) and for a contest on instructables, I have made a raspberry pi pie croquembouche. I hope everyone enjoys it at the party I'm going to.
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Baby Shower Macs
For the latest mactweets mac challenge I wanted to make a macaron croquembouche, however I struggled with these macs, since it had been so long since I had made any, half of them bled together (piped too much batter) and by the time i got it together some of them started to wrinkle...they were also not the color I'd hoped so I ended up putting them on a pretty cake plate.
ready for my close up
I also had trouble with my ganache, I tried using valrohna chocolate for the first time and it did some weird thing where all the oil separated out from the chocolate, so this is just regular semi sweet chocolate chips...but they tasted just like they should, so perhaps I'll save the croquembouche for another day. Actually I ended up making one out of mini pies for a different celebration instead.
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King cake
We had a potluck at work and I didn't let the fact that I've never even tasted a king cake deter me from making one. It was really easy, the dough is pillsbury crescent rolls and the filling is strawberry pie filling and a cream cheese mix. I couldn't make a g ood purple frosting so I joked with the captain that out kind of looks like a green bay packers cake. Everyone loved it at work and I even hunted down a little plastic baby to bake inside. It was such a hit I made a second, undecorated one last night as the recipe I used only used half a can of pie filling and half a block of cream cheese.
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Cupcakes for Miles
Today was a sad day, I took a half day to go to a memorial service for my first manager at the company I work at. He passed away a couple days after my birthday. He was such a kind person, I hadn't worked for him in 5 years but he had left a birthday card at my desk for me. I had taken the day off for my anatomy scan. I was pleasantly surprised by a birthday card with a cupcake on it when I returned to work the next day. I eagerly wrote him to tell him we are expecting a boy, fully expecting to run into him at the cafeteria or the parking lot, but he passed away two days later at the age of 52. What a huge loss for all of us. As I went to fill out my out of office, I realized the last day I was off I missed seeing Miles. The service was really nice and a fighter jet flew by at the very end. Tomorrow there is a celebration of life for Miles. I was going to bring cookies but I was reminded of his card with the cupcake, so I made both. I will always remember your smiling face Miles and I hope to remember to treat others as well as you did, you will be missed.
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Cookies and Milk!
I'm baking again, hooray!
I made these little cuties for a contest on instructables. If you like the way they look, you'll love the way they taste, and if you want the full instructions, go here:
www.instructables.com/id/Double-Cookie-Cookie-Monster-Coo...
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