Two new flavours - Dulce de Leche & Green Tea (Matcha)

Green Tea Macarons

Add 1/2 a teaspoon of matcha (green tea powder) to ~100g of white chocolate ganache

Dulce de Leche Macarons

Add 3 tablespoons of Dulce de Leche to ~200g of white chocolate ganache

Ready for piping

Green Tea, Dulce de Leche, Passionfruit

Dulce de Leche

Matcha (Green Tea)

Generic Macaron Recipe

I have had many requests for macaron recipes lately, and thought I'd share this quick and easy macaron shell recipe. It's great for when you need to make macarons in a hurry, but unfortunately doesn't make very many (~20).

110g ground almonds
200g icing sugar
50g caster sugar
90g egg whites
colouring of your choice

Whisk egg white to stiff peaks, gradually adding the caster sugar. Add colouring to achieve intensity you desire.

Fold almonds and icing sugar into the eggwhites, "macaroning" until you achieve the correct consistency.

Pipe rounds onto baking trays and leave until a skin forms (usually at least 30 mins, much longer if humidity is high).

Bake at 150 deg C for 12-13 mins, cool and remove from trays.

Sandwich with your desired filling.

Samantha's Macaron Barbie Cake

My friend's baby, Samantha, is turning one this week. My sister and I made her this birthday cake - a Barbie cake decorated with mini macarons...

Passionfruit Ganache

An alternative to using 40% milk chocolate to make a passionfruit ganache is to use white chocolate instead.

The result - passionfruit flavour, but unfortunately not much tang...the white chocolate adds a lot more sweetness than the milk chocolate does.

Still works though, and a nice bright yellow colour! I added back about a teaspoon of seeds for decoration.