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The Best Macaron Recipe, Macaron Art & More

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“Ispahan” Inspired Macaron Cake with Fresh Lychees & Raspberries

The Iconic Ispahan After spending Bastille day sampling Laduree’s new dessert offerings for afternoon tea two weeks ago, I went home totally inspired to create my own Ispahan Macaron Cake. Even if you’ve never tasted the Ispahan, made famous by Laduree and Pierre Herme, I’m sure you will recognize the sight of this iconic Parisian […]

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The Best Swiss Meringue Buttercream for Macarons, Cakes and More

    A Pipeable and Fluffy Meringue Based Buttercream Today, I want to share this standard Swiss Meringue Buttercream with all of you since it is one of the best ways to prepare a meringue based frosting which is fluffy, stable, pipeable and most importantly, delicious tasting. As the name suggests, it’s part of the […]

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Lavender Earl Grey Easter Bunny Macarons (Template)

Lavender Earl Grey Macarons with that “Easter Speckle” I’ve always loved the speckled Easter egg effect on a macaron and after my Easter Egg macaron tutorial two years ago, I wanted to recreate this effect again but this time, the speckles would be embedded inside of the macaron instead of splattered on top with food […]

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Gender Reveal Surprise Macarons & Pacifier Macaron Template

UPDATED ON MARCH 5th, 2018, this post was originally published on April 28th, 2017. Gender Reveal Macarons with a Different Colored Inside I developed this special technique for making macarons with a different colored inside a few years ago for a special gender reveal party. On the outside, it looks a like a plain blackout […]

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Macaron Candle Making Class at Soigne Atelier in East Vancouver

Girl’s Day Out My Vancouver BFF arranged for us to do something fun together yesterday with just the two of us, which I really appreciated since life for her as a new mom is always hectic. For those of us who don’t have children, it means so much to be remembered by our friends who […]

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Delicate Lychee Rose Macarons in a Heart Shape (Template)

Exotic Fruit Macarons I’ve always wanted to make lychee-flavoured macarons. This exotic fruit from China has a hard, rough, pinkish-red shell. The bouncy, translucent flesh within is both sweet and sour. Its juiciness and fleshy composition is comparable to that of grapes. Every time I go back to Asia, I would make a conscious effort […]

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Valentine’s Day Macaron Projects & Templates

    Say I Love You with Valentine’s Day Macarons In one of my Daily Inspirations post for January, I talked about a semi-cringe-worthy Valentine’s Day card I chose specifically for my grade school crush. It’s so silly that it makes me laugh out loud every time I think about it. Oh, if only I […]

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Baileys Irish Cream Gingerbread Man Macarons for the Winter Holidays (Template)

Note: This is part 2 of 2 of the recipes I shared on AM1470 with Deborah Moore on November 28th, 2017 Smooth and Creamy Filling After working on the recipe development for the boozy Baileys Irish Cream Chocolate Macaron Recipe, I still had a decent amount of the delicious liqueur leftover so I decided to […]

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Baileys Chocolate Ganache Filled Gingerbread Dachshund Puppy Dog Macarons (Template)

  Note: This is part 1 of 2 recipes I shared on AM1470 with Deborah Moore on November 28th, 2017 What Pairs with Gingerbread? I’ve been planning feverishly for the holiday season since mid-November and I knew I wanted to create a new winter macaron flavour that would incorporate gingerbread spice macaron shells with some […]

I’m thrilled to unveil this Horse Carousel Macaron Cake I made in collaboration with my favourite brand for silicone mats – Silpat. I have used Silpats since the very first few months of making macarons at home and I’ve always loved how they keep macaron shells round after piping. This cake took several weeks to design since […]

The last tutorial I wrote on How to Bake Multi-Colored Macarons required a specialized three part coupler. It’s a great tool for creating more definition between the three different batter colours. I have it listed in my online shop and you can check it out here. However, I appreciate that not everyone may have access to this tool so I […]

  “Never trust a girl who doesn’t eat desserts.” Luckily, I don’t have that problem in my foodie friend Nora, or otherwise known as @nomnomyvr on Instagram. Three weeks ago, she asked me to bake her a big macaron cake for her birthday. At that time, I was super busy with other events and I told her […]

This afternoon, I was invited to experience the Chinese New Years inspired afternoon tea set at Audrey Moment in Burnaby (read original Audrey Moment visit here). As of this writing, I believe it is still the only spot in Burnaby to offer a complete tea set in a tea salon that is dedicated to serving […]