Aug 17, 2010

Macaron 52 Vanilla with Almond Buttercream

Week 52 August 30
Macaron 52 Vanilla with Almond Buttercream

Macaron 51 Cinnamon with Peach Nutmeg Buttercream

Week 51 August 23
Macaron 51 Cinnamon with Peach Nutmeg Buttercream

Macaron 50 Lime with Graham Cracker and Cream Cheese Filling

Week 50 August 16
Macaron 50 Lime with Graham Cracker with Cream Cheese Filling

Macaron 49 Green Apple with Honey Buttercream

Week 49 August 9
Macaron 49 Green Apple with Honey Buttercream

Aug 13, 2010

Jul 25, 2010

Macaron 46 Vanilla with Orange Buttercream

July 19 Week 46
Macaron 46 Vanilla with Orange Buttercream

Jul 3, 2010

Macaron 43 Green Tea with Strawberry Buttercream


Macaron 43 Green Tea with Strawberry Buttercream. One of my favorites for sure. The color is beautiful and the taste was perfect! I used artificial strawberry extract and I love its artificial taste! Nothing like a real strawberry but I still love it!

Macaron 42 Hazelnut with Brown Butter Buttercream

Week 42 June 14
Macaron 42 Hazelnut with Brown Butter Buttercream. I can not get enough brown butter, and this mac is no exception! Yum

Jun 13, 2010

Macaron 41 Vanilla with Lime Vanilla Buttercream

Week 41 June 14
Macaron 41 Vanilla with Lime Vanilla Buttercream, the quintessential summer flavor. Lime if one of the flavors I can get enough of!

Macaron 40 Mojito Macaron

Week 40 June 7
Macaron 40 Mojito Champagne is my most favorite adult beverage, but the mojito is my second favorite. Meet the mojito macaron. Mint vanilla macaron with lime buttercream! Delish!

May 31, 2010

Macaron 39 Smoked Paprika with Goat Cheese

Week 39 May 31
Macaron 39 Smoked Paprika with Goat Cheese. I realized the other day that I have not made a savory macaron. Smoked paprika is one of my most favorite flavors and goat cheese is undeniably my most favorite kind of cheese. So here it is, my first savory macaron.

Macaron 38 Vanilla Poppy Seed with Lemon Cream Cheese

Week 38 May 24
Macaron 38 Vanilla Poppy Seed with Lemon Cream Cheese. My Lemon poppy seed loaf macaron version!

May 19, 2010

Macaron 37 Chocolate with Kumquat,Grand Marnier and Cream Cheese


Week 37 May 17
Macaron 37 Chocolate macaron with kumquat juice, Grand Marnier and cream cheese. I know I have been on a chocolate kick for awhile, but I just bought these kumquats and I knew I had to use them. I made a syrup with sugar, kumquat, Grand Marnier and drizzled it over the cream cheese. Kumquats are my new favorite fruit.Tiny, sour and beautiful!

May 10, 2010

Macaron 36 Neopolitan

Week 36 May 10
Macaron 36 Neapolitan. Chocolate macaron with cream cheese buttercream and strawberries. My own version of Neapolitan. Very pretty and very delicious.

May 1, 2010

Marcaron 35 May Day Macaron

Week 35 May 2
Macaron 35, May Day Macaron. If had been more informed on food when I go married, I would of made macarons. 5 years later I have decided these would have been my may day marcaron. Chocolate with blackberry whipped cream with blackberry puree on top.


Apr 25, 2010

Macaron 34 Black Forrest Macaron

Week 34 April 26
Macaron 34. I am not big on cherries with chocolate, but I made these as a gift. So made them and the were acutally not that bad. Pretty too!

Apr 19, 2010

Macaron 33 Macaron Ice Cream Sandwich

Week 33 April 19
Macaron 33. Ice cream macaron sandwich. So I got an ice cream maker and I am ice cream crazy. I want to make a flavor a day. I figured why not make a macron ice cream sandwich. So here it is. Vanilla with meyer lemon ice cream. So good!

Apr 11, 2010

Macaron 32 Birthday Macaron

Week 32 April 12
Macaron 32 Birthday Macaron. I had a party last week and made a birthday macarons. What kind? Well, vanilla that was dyed a lovely purple, with a bright teal vanilla buttercream and then the edges were rolled in silver sprinkle. They we wonderful. Marie Antionette would have wanted them at her party!

Macaron 31 Matcha with Vanilla Buttercream

Week 31 April 5
Macaron 31 Matcha with Vanilla Buttercream. For quite some time I have wanted to bake with matcha powder. My chance finally came. I made two macaron flavors for my birthday. This green tea one was lovely, light green and filled with a beautiful teal vanilla buttercream. So nice.

Mar 29, 2010

Macaron 30 Coffee Macaron with Brown Butter Buttercream

Week 30March 29
Macaron 30 Coffee with Brown Butter Buttercream. Usually when I make my macarons, I eat one give the rest away. Not with this batch. They are too good Seriously, I am going to give myself some sort of sugar shock, possibly. A favorite for sure. The coffee flavor is strong but sweet and the buttercream is enough to make my head explode. Too Good!!!!

Mar 22, 2010

Macaron 29 Lemon with Raspberry Cream Cheese Buttcream

Week 29 March 22
Macaron 29 Lemon with raspberry cream cheese buttercream. So finally my time has come on Food 52. Contest of the week is almond macarons! I have been waiting a really long time for this. And another thing, I was told this week that my macarons taste like the real French ones. The best compliment I could ever be given. So this is the macaron I am going to submit!

Macaron 28 Pineapple with Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttercream

Week 28 March 15
Macaron 28 Pineapple with Vanilla Cream Cheese Buttecream. I bought some new extracts and I just love them. Pineapple is such a strange sweet flavor so I though vanilla would be the most mild of flavors to go with it.

Mar 8, 2010

Macaron 27 Chocolate with Strawberry Buttercream

Week 27 March 8
Macaon 27 Chocolate with Strawberry Buttercream. A classic if you ask me. Chocolate dyed purple with silver glitter. I know I am using the same buttercream from last week but I could not help it. So tasty.

Feb 28, 2010

Macaron 26 Lime with Strawberry Buttercream

Week 26 March 1
Macaron 26 Lime with Strawberry Buttercream. This macaron was rather summerish but it sounded so good. I put about 2 teaspoons of lime zest in the batter and I was amazed how much lime taste came through. I also had some strawberry jam that I made to I mixed it in the buttercream. This was a tasty combination and I love the pink and green color.

Feb 23, 2010

Macaron 25 Blackberry with Meyer Lemon and Blackberry Buttercream

Week 25 February 22
Macaron 25 Blackberry with Meyer Lemon and Blackberry Buttecream. I love the color of these so much. It's a little hard to tell but it's a really nice light blue, almost gray. I left the seeds in the macarons too. I love when raspberries and blackberries are not strained. I also love the idea of a tart blackberry balanced with a sweet meyer lemon. Plus the color contrast of a meyer with a blackberry is beautiful.

Feb 15, 2010

Macaron 24 Chocolate with White Chocolate and Toasted Coconut

Week 24 Feburary 15
Macaron 24 Chocolate with white chocolate and toasted coconut buttercream. Sometimes in the night I will wake up and think about something I want to make or a new recipe to try out. Last night I woke up thinking about turquoise macarons. Usually when I make chocolate macarons I use cocoa powder, but today I used chocolate extract and dyed them this beautiful turquoise color. The coconut was a perfect fit, crunchy and looks so pretty with it.

Feb 8, 2010

Macaron 23 Chai with Caramel Cream and Mascarpone

Week 24 February 8
Macaron 22 Chai with Caramel Cream and Mascarpone. I tried a new recipe today and the outcome was incredible. Renewed love and interest in them. I love to drink chai but eating chai is almost as good. They were perfect. I made a sweetened condensed milk caramel. This is condensed milk taken to entire new level. Sublime and then for a nice added touch, mascarpone. Nice and milk. These were perfect.

Feb 1, 2010

Macaron 22 Vanilla with Grapefruit Buttercream

Week 22 February
Macaron 22 Vanilla with Grapefruit buttercream. Okay I know, I know, I said that last week would be the last vanilla. Well I lied, I just had to pair the vanilla with the grapefruit. My favorite fruit( well, one of them,) Now the pink on pink did not work, I grabbed the wrong dye color. But they were quite tasty.

Jan 24, 2010

Macaron 21 Vanilla Bean with Banana Caramel Buttercream

Week 21 January 25
Macaron 21 Vanilla bean with banana caramel buttercream. I realize after making this macaron this one makes three weeks of vanilla. Last week, promise. Next week something new. I was in a Caribbean mood. Probably because I want a Caribbean vacation. I am cooking vicariously through my vacation dreams. I just adore the color of this one too. A perfect shade of yellow, which has slowly made its way in my heart as my favorite color. How did this happen?

Jan 18, 2010

Macaron 20 Vanilla with Orange Blossom Honey Buttercream


Week 20 January 18
Macaron 20 Vanilla macaron with Orange Blossom Honey Buttercream. So today the middle of January felt like spring and in a moment of weakness I felt complelled to make a spring like macaron. I love this honey from Savannah Bee it smells strongly of orange blossom but the taste in mild. Delicious and perfect for a January spring day.

Jan 11, 2010

Macaron 19 Vanilla with Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream

Week 19 January 11
Macaron 19 Vanilla with Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream. The new vanilla and chocolate classic. If you thought chocolate buttercream was good, wait until you have had it with cream cheese. Cream cheese by the ways makes everything better, that and bacon of course!

Jan 3, 2010

Macaron 18 Red Velvet Macaron with Cream Cheese Buttercream

Week 18 January 4
Macaron 18 Red Velvet Macaron with Cream Cheese Buttercream. Winter tastes like Red Velvet. It's dense and rich and the cream cheese brings it together. The red velvet macaron is wonderful just as good the cake. I think its the perfect substitute.