Friday, January 25, 2013

Bake Happy Friday Round Up



1. Sebastian's Artisanal Ice Cream's Cookie Dough Duo. I think the photo says it all, don't you think? This is one of their Chilly Burger Flavors. They also have Red Velvet ice cream cookie which I intend to try. Stat!
2. I made Sans Rival for you this week. Alternating layers of crispy meringue and oh so velvety sans rival icing, covered in nuts. Nuts. All. Over. Have I convinced you yet? Here's the recipe.

3. And oh. Have you joined Bake Happy's first ever giveaway for the year? If you haven't, join now!


4. And now for this Round Up's Highlight!!!

Let me present to you, Bake Happy's Macaron Making Chronicles!


Shortly after (and by shortly after, I mean just hours after) I made my first ever macarons. I tried again. This time playing around... errr, I mean experimenting with the factors. This time, I didn't age my egg whites and even upped the amount of the whites. The result, it just spread too thinly so here's the second batch. I just spread it all out and cut into squares. Not my proudest moment. I know. Tastes great though!
 But I tried again. Third batch - I got excited. I mean too excited I piped overly lots of macarons in a sheet. Uh oh! Trouble here. See? It seems the macarons want nothing more than to hold hands. I had to scrap and do it all over again. 
Ahhh... this one's much better! :) Ohhh, bubbles!!! Lots of it!
Too bad, my temp was too high I burnt my macarons!!! Batch 3, still a fail. But hey, the macarons got skin that's not cracked and its got feet! Getting there right? 
Have a great weekend, everyone! :)


12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll be keeping up with your post on the macarons...hehehe... will have to try making these too... :D

Grace Lee (Deligrace)

Jenn said...

I joined the contest! Goodluck on your french macaron recipe. Dream ko din to do that one day. :D

Aikko said...

Thanks Grace and Jenn :)

Jhan said...

Hi Aikko,

From the last picture, I thought you made a chocolate flavor macarons. :D

I can't wait for you to perfect them. Pls. share recipe ha?

Happy baking!

Wendy said...

Why is it so terribly reassuring to find out that you aren't the only one with recipe and/or technique learning curve issues? Thank you for sharing! And best of luck as you conquer these macarons!

Aubrey said...

Hey Aikko! Those macarons are looking pretty awesome already! I've always loved Ms. Humble's macaron 101 -- was thinking you can take a peek at it (if you haven't already, of course). Of all macaron tutorials, I find hers to be the most informative and helpful. :D

Aikko said...

Thanks Jhan and Wendy! :)

Hi Aubrey, thanks so much for the tip! :)

Alma said...

Your macarons didn't cracked and they got feet. Almost there indeed. Just continue practicing Aikko I know one day mapperfect mo din ang little diva na ito. ;-)

Aikko said...

Thank you so much, Alma!!! :) I think I finally got it right :)

Anonymous said...

Hi aikko.. its me joan.. nalito lang ako sa baking time for the macarons... u said, bake it for 15 mins 200F, then another additional time 5-8 for 350? bali ill bake it 2x? Thanks

Anonymous said...

Hi aikko.. id like to ask din pala.. where did you get the colored beautiful pails ? does it come in different sizes? Thanks

Aikko said...

Hi Joan, once lang ang baking time, agfter 15 minutes na 200F ang temp, just adjust the settings of your oven to 350 for 5-8 minutes more :)

Hi dear Anonymous, I got them from Party Starters :) http://bakehappy.blogspot.com/2012/09/one-of-my-favorite-online-shops-in.html :)

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