So, let’s get this straight right up front: Macaroons (“Mah-kah-ROONS”) are homey, chewy coconut cookies containing condensed milk, and French macarons (“Mah-kah-RAWN” – the “s” is silent) are light, delicate meringue cookies sandwiched together with a luscious filling. I try not to be a Judgy McJudgypants when people mispronounce words, even though it hurts my…
Month: September 2013
Recipe Post: Raspberry Jam
The second jam I wanted to make after the “kinda blue” blueberry-nutmeg jam was a nice, deep red, to reflect the red in my wedding colours. I looked around for other recipes, but I really had my heart set on the gorgeous, jewel-like colours of raspberry jam. Having made it before, I knew how to…
Tutorial: Dowelling a Cake
Reboot of my original post from a previous blog, Chronic Masterbakers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ What’s a dowel?Dowels are straight sticks made from rolled paper, plastic, or wood, that are (usually) vertically pushed into a cake in order to support the weight of the above layers. How many dowels you use, and where to place them within your…
Recipe Post: Blueberry Nutmeg Jam
Being a baker as well as a full-time administrative professional can lead to certain…expectations on the part of friends and family at times. This was in evidence at my wedding, too! I just *knew* that if I didn’t make my own cake and do the dessert table myself, my guests would be asking why I…
Recipe Post: Cream Cheese Berry Tarts
These tiny little tartlets are melt-in-your-mouth delicious, if I do say so myself. I sort of cobbled together a couple of different recipes, changed a few things up, and came up with these little guys for my wedding dessert table last month.Even though the pastry is a little finicky (a light touch and not too…
Recipe Post: Pineapple-Vanilla Bean Jam
This was the third and final of my three jams I made for my wedding favours last month. I had a difficult time trying to decide which preserve I would make to follow as closely to my “yellow” wedding colour; I was originally considering: Lemon curd (rejected due to it needing refrigeration and having a short…
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