Lemon Creations

This week I sold some of my Lemon Macarons to my dad and his work as a gift to their clients. I was really happy with how they turned out and I was most glad to share them with others. This is the beginning of what some might call a business of my own. I'm really happy with what I achieved and hopefully I can continue on in the future.

Milo, Macarons and More Milo

My recent obsession with Milo has left me thinking of anyway that i can put Milo into my food when it occurred to me that I could make a Milo ganache to use as a filling for macarons.

I happy with how the flavour in the ganache worked out but I must admit I was a little bit disappointed with the colour of the shells. I was hoping for the colour to be a vibrant green such as the colour used on the tins of Milo. Anyhow it doesn't really matter because I have time to try them again and improve on the colour.

Weekend Wonders

This weekend was my first weekend at home without assessments for quite a few weeks now. While I have done a little bit of baking (creative religion assignment and cupcakes caused by procrastination) I have been longing to get back into the kitchen. I started off with a trip to Woolworths and the markets to gather all that I would need for a hopefully successful weekend of cooking. For the Saturday i decided to treat my family to an Italian dinner of Chorizo Pasta and Ricotta Filled Cannoli. The pasta recipe i acquired from my Food Technology class at school and the Cannoli I came upon browsing a magazine. This was what gave me the idea of an 'Italian Feast'.

I was really happy with how the Cannoli turned out but unfortunately due to many hungry bellies in my house I didn't have time to get a photo of the pasta.

My past few attempts at Macarons have been disasters unfortunately and after sitting down with my dad and doing some troubleshooting, we thought we had found the culprit. This time after following the recipe closer than ever, they finally worked out. I'm really happy with how they turned out and I even sprinkled a few with some shimmer powder (I think I really was over the moon....). This time I chose I nice simple flavour that has worked for me before - Marshmallow. 

Macarons

My first ever attempt at Macarons was a disaster. But i kept on trying with different recipes until i found this book which had the recipe i needed for sucess.

My first sucessful ones were strawberry but then as my dad is a huge lemon fan I made some and they turned out like this

 Over the past year I have had alot of fun trying many different flavours including...

Redskin

 Snickers

 Fererro Rocher

 Marshmallow

 

Chocolate Orange