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  • Recipe 4 of 61: Salambos

    • During quarantine, Tim and I always always always During quarantine, Tim and I always always always made sure to have ice cream in the freezer, something we never really bought before! We had so much fun trying new flavors and brands, and I thought it would be fun making macarons shaped like ice cream cones ☺️ Thanks to @phay_shing and her book called Creative Baking: Macarons, making ice cream macarons was a cinch! I made raspberry, passion fruit, Cap’n Crunch, and Fiori di Sicilia flavored Italian meringue buttercream. Tim said the Fiori di Sicilia tasted like pop (it has a vanilla orangish flavor), which gives me many new ideas for macarons 🧐 And of course, I had to throw in some sprinkles as a surprise because, well, why not? 🤷🏼‍♀️ #icecream #icecreammacaron #macaron #macarons #macaronstagram #macaronlover #macaronlove #sweetforcertain #sprinkles #sprinklesmakeeverythingbetter #fioridisicilia #macaronslady
    Yer a wizard, Pudsy Pawter🧙🏼‍♂️(Oh the Yer a wizard, Pudsy Pawter🧙🏼‍♂️(Oh the things he puts up with...don’t worry, he got like 10 treats out of this deal! Also, I just realized the first macaron’s “H” in Harry looks like an “M” 🤦🏽‍♀️ oops haha) For this fun birthday collaboration put on by @macaron.fuckaron and @macaronsbychristina , I decided to keep it simple and make Hagrid’s cake but in macaron form, filled with chocolate Italian meringue buttercream 🥰 In our house, not a month goes by where Harry Potter isn’t either on the tv, being heard on Audible, or the books are being read. Harry Potter is truly like coming home. When I’m sick, anxious, or just want some more happiness in my life, it’s my go-to. You’ve probably noticed I have it playing in the background practically every time I bake something 🤣 #happeebirthdaeharry #harrypottermacaroncollab #harrypottermacarons #harrypotter #pudsy #birthday #gryffindor #macaron #macarons #italianmethod #macaronstagram #macaronlover #macaronlove #sweetforcertain
    🎓 Graduation cupcakes 🎓 As soon as the cupca 🎓 Graduation cupcakes 🎓 As soon as the cupcakes were picked up, Tim told me to go lay on the couch. He did the dishes and cleaned up the house then went outside to mow the lawn, and I’m watching HP⚡️with my sweetie 💜 I’m so proud of myself (not meaning to sound cocky at all) for finishing this because I did this all with a broken toe that I’m technically supposed to be off of right now (there’s no WAY I would have cancelled on them one week before!) 😬. Everything took me three times as long! Now, time for vacation and a long rest 💜 #cupcake #cupcakes #chocolate #italianmeringue #creamcheese #carrotcake #michiganstate #graduation #graduationcupcakes #marshmallowfondant
    Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate Italian meringue Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate Italian meringue buttercream...you know, for my breakfast dessert 😁 #chocolate #chocolatecupcakes #italianmeringue #buttercream #graduation #sweetforcertain
    🥕 Carrot cupcakes for breakfast 🥕I started m 🥕 Carrot cupcakes for breakfast 🥕I started my morning bright and early prepping for my first graduation party cupcakes ☺️ My breakfast truly was a few of these...gotta test them to be sure they taste good 🤷🏼‍♀️ See the final result later on today, with one more cupcake flavor (yes, I ate a LOT of cupcakes for breakfast)! #cupcake #cupcakes #carrotcake #carrots #creamcheese #creamcheesefrosting #sweetforcertain #graduation #grad #harrypotter
    You never know what life will throw at you-mine wa You never know what life will throw at you-mine was a broken toe...this past weekend I ran into our metal shoe rack and my toe went completely sideways 🤢 I’m the proud owner of a boot and crutches for 6 weeks...but positive news: I just found out today I don’t need pins placed! These babies of mine knew mama was hurting and have spent a lot of time with me 💜 And Tim surprised me with buying a medical chair for our shower...you know, the kind for old people...if that’s not true love, I don’t know what is 🤣🥰 #itsthelittlethings #findjoy #lunarchronicles
    Salambos, a French pastry I’d never heard of unt Salambos, a French pastry I’d never heard of until I started baking through “The Art of French Pastry”! Look at that beauty 😍 Smooth and thin caramel, toasted almond, absolutely FILLED with vanilla bean pastry cream-I was SO excited when I saw that I had filled them correctly! I tried making salambos back in 2017 when I first started my baking journey, and things did not turn out as well...click on the link in my bio to see what I did wrong as well as learn more about salambos and the RIGHT way to make them ☺️ And like always when I spend all day baking, I passed out early with Puds on the couch...and Tim took a photo of the two of us 💜 #salambos #salambo #sweetforcertain #theartoffrenchpastry #pastrylove #learningblog #bakingblog #pastry #pastrycream #vanilla #vanillabean #pateachoux #cremepatissiere #frenchpastry #frenchpastryclassics
    A new blog post will be coming as soon as I finish A new blog post will be coming as soon as I finish working through some issues with the developers...like where the pagination went 🤷🏼‍♀️ In the meantime, more experimenting! I had some leftover passion fruit curd from a recipe for my blog (yum!), so I decided to make macarons filled with passion fruit curd and marshmallow frosting! You can see the marshmallow frosting’s texture in the video 😋 Personally, I wasn’t a fan of both of these together; however, separately they are SO GOOD. I plan on tweaking this recipe with a white chocolate Italian meringue buttercream instead of the marshmallow, and I think it’ll be spot on 👍🏼 Passion fruit is one of my favorite flavors, and I’ll definitely use the marshmallow for another recipe...s’more macarons perhaps? #macaron #macarons #passionfruit #marshmallow #sweetforcertain #macaronstagram #macaronslady #macaronlover #macaronlove #macaronmonday #passionfruitcurd #marshmallowfrosting
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