Macaron tower for a circus themed first birthday

Some of you will remember the last time I made a macaron tower was for a baby shower...well, said baby is now a year old so it was time to get the macaron tower out again!

This macaron tower didn't have a flavour theme like last time (lolly bag) but rather a colour theme to match with the circus theme of the party.

They're basically as colourful as I could make them, with one layer of "swirly" red and white macarons which I'll show you separately. The flavours were varying (and nothing I haven't already posted about on this blog) - redskin, snickers, strawberry, Turkish delight and passionfruit.

Now about those swirly macarons... I've never attempted this before but essentially I coloured half the batter red and placed two piping bags into one large one with the nozzle. 

It didn't go completely to plan with some of the red leaking out before I started piping but after a few squirts they were coming out like this:

I can't finish this post without showing you the amazing circus cake that my sister made (chocolate mud all the way through):

Lolly Bag Tower - Macaron Recipes

Before I start this post, for those who are wondering, the very cool backdrop to this "photo shoot" and the venue for the baby shower was Alice Nivens Cafe in the Melbourne CBD - check it out for great coffee and amazing cakes!

As promised, here are the recipes for the macarons on the tower. To make the individual flavours of the "Lolly Bag" macaron tower, use the generic macaron shell recipe and then the corresponding ganache (I've listed them all below):

Lolly Bag Macaron Tower for a Baby Shower

I think there will have to be several posts to cover all the macaron flavours on this tower, but think of this post as a sneak peak of what is to come...

Be my Valentine...

Heart shaped "Redskin" flavoured macarons for Valentine's Day...inspired by Zumbo :-)