Lemon Meringue Macarons

Bright lemon curd and swiss meringue buttercream make this macaron crazy delicious. Each cookie is like a mini lemon meringue pie! I am by no means a super profesh at making macarons. Sometimes they are perfect, sometimes a little hollow, and sometimes a complete disaster. That won’t stop me from making them and it shouldn’t …

Strawberry and Chocolate Cupcakes

Silky Strawberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream on top of Chocolate Pudding filled cupcakes. Strawberry Flavors I’ve tried using berry extracts for flavor and it always tastes artificial. Then I tried making a strawberry syrup and that would sometimes make the frosting separate if you put enough in to get flavor. So, I realized that I could …

Candy Corn Macarons

Cute Halloween treats for those of us that aren’t interested in eating bloody fingers or gross out desserts. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE Halloween, but I prefer classy gothic Halloween to the blood and gore aesthetic. These macarons are delicious. so good I was admonished for sharing them. Thank god I gave most of …

Candy Corn Buttercream

If I told you I melted down candy corn to make icing, would you think I’m nuts? Well I did it AND it worked! Mwahahahaha. Combine that madness with Swiss Meringue Buttercream and oh man. So good! I choose Swiss Meringue because American buttercream would have been too sweet and Italian buttercream freaks me out. …