Macarons as a present~ 6 varieties in a box


 Making a macaron gift box

 Since I was invited to a birthday party, I started thinking about what a original present would be, that pretty much anyone could enjoy. Food is always a good solution for that!

I was very inspired by the look of the Ladurée macaron boxes which pictures I saw wandering all over social media. So I simply made it all myself, and here's how.

The biggest part of all was the planning. At first it was time for planning the different flavors. I wanted to bring in lots of staples like chocolate, lemon and such. In the end I decided one the flavors: Chocolate, Strawberry Cheesecake, Lemon, Cookies 'n Cream, Birthday Funfetti Cake, Original (no special flavors added)
After deciding on the flavors and designs, I planned the box + design. Since I used a silicone baking mat which I was waiting to use for some time now, I could measure the size of the macarons. With that I was able to calculate the size I would need for my box and then decorated it with a personalized Ladurée logo for the birthday girl. 
I used a base batter for the macarons and the creme filling and altered it according to the different flavors.
The recipe I followed:
Macarons
120 g grounded almonds
2 Egg whites
a pinch of salt
150 g powdered sugar

 Filling (buttercream)
125 g soft butter
187 g powdered sugar
30 ml milk
a pinch of salt

 Then, I split the base and made them into the different macarons. For the chocolate I simply added pure cocoa powder to the batter and the frosting. This turned out not to be ideal tho, since it made the batter stiffer and harder. (you should substitute some of the almonds with the cocoa instead) For the Strawberry Cheesecake I dyed the batter pink and added a mix of cream cheese and seedless strawberry jam to the frosting. For the Lemon I made a yellow batter and added lemon flavoring to the frosting. Cookies n' Cream was made by topping the macaron shells with crushed oreos before baking and adding them to the frosting as well. In order to get Birthday Cake macarons I added sprinkles to the shells and frosting and gave the filling a pink color. And lastly for the Original macarons I left everything as it was and added splatters of blue and green food coloring before baking. 
Then it was time for wrapping up and Voila! It turned out to be a lovely present idea and not at all as difficult as I had imagined. 

 Have a good productive day. ♥  Greta




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

[vegan] Mille crêpes- Pancake cake

Image
Vegan Mille Crêpes I always thought that vegan baking was pretty much impossible aside from weird fruit balls- but oh, I was wrong. After informing myself more about the movement and its reasoning I decided to give it a try. (I won't go into details WHY, but I encourage everyone to look at available data and decide for themselves how they want to contribute to the world.) After finding a fantastic baking paper from PETA , I was more than excited to try some of these methods. I never thought things like whipped cream, meringue and other things were possible on a plant base. So let's see... Instead of looking for a vegan recipe I simply took a regular crepe recipe and used the vegan baking cheats. Apple sauce instead of eggs, plant milk instead of milk, margarine instead of butter.  In my recipe I used 250 g flour, 500 ml oat/soy milk, 50 g melted margarine, a pinch of salt and sugar. After a few failed first attempts I redid some of the batter but it should add up to a
Read more

A culinary trip to Austria and Hungary

Image
Hallo and Helló! I spent the last week in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary. Since those places are a historical center point for the 18th and 19th century (which was also the time where patisserie began growing), I had lots of chances to visit old castles where Bakers would invent new recipes, visit cafes and patisseries and check out the local history of baking. And here is a summary of my trip! Vienna My first café visit was in Cafe Central in Vienna. Although we had to wait in line for a short time, it was more than worth waiting. The Cafe Central is one of the many Coffee-houses in Vienna, and serve a big variety of baked goods and coffee. The highlight, as in every viennese cafe, is the Sachertorte . Being invented by a young apprentice in 1832 it probably is the most famous cake of Austria. Now, the recipe is kept secret in the Sacher hotel, but what I can tell you is that the Sachertorte is a chocolate cake filled with apricot jam. Of course I tried a piece, although
Read more

~Autumn arrives~ Plant-based Cookies for Halloween

Image
  “Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”   ―  Jim Bishop I love autumn. It just has something magical and very, very comforting about it. I made these cookies inspired by the warm colors of autumn and Halloween.  The recipe is a simple sugar cookie recipe from the internet and I won't recommend any special ones because I simply took a random one. Just switch the butter for margarine or vegan butter, and the eggs for a similar amount in apple sauce or what I used, a splash of oat milk. (You can use any egg substitute of choice!) The icing is powdered sugar with a tiny bit of oat milk again.  This is a very simple recipe and honestly this one is not about taste, but about presentation. I still hope you enjoyed ♥
Read more