Recipe: Vanilice (Serbian Jam Sandwich Cookies)
It seems like every culture has their own version of a sandwich cookie–America has the classic Oreo, England has Jammie Dodgers, Austria has Linzer Cookies…the list goes on. Even France has a sandwich cookie (albeit it’s really more of a…
The Ultimate Pastry Guide: 10 Tips to Know Before Learning French Pastry
Before you start: Almost anything can be considered an art form, in my opinion (yes, even something like grating cheese…who knows, maybe there’s some special techniques or super fancy graters out there. Maybe there’s even some secret club for it!…
Flavor Profile: Boston Cream Pie Macarons
Simplicity often gets denigrated and forgotten in favor of the novel and complex, particularly in a time of fast-paced technology and the addictive allure of trendy social media. And yet, we still turn to simple pleasures the most in times…
Flavor Profile: Sesame Soy Sauce Macarons
Before you say it–I haven’t completely lost my mind creating a sesame-soy-sauce macaron flavor (if I did, I’d probably be in Papua New Guinea running a shop that only sells Panda stuffed animals on Tuesday evenings…don’t ask…). This macaron is…
Flavor Profile: Captain Crunch Macarons
I’ve had a very Captain-Crunch-fueled weekend…it was like being a child again (minus the whole “I’m a short human with no responsibilities” thing…). I made some Captain Crunch Macarons for a business order and decided to create a new recipe:…
Recipe: The BEST Homemade Butterscotch Sauce
Salted Caramel seems to be everywhere these days…I admit, I’m guilty of jumping on this salty-sweet bandwagon too (my Peanut Salted Caramel macarons are just one delicious example…). It’s often-forgotten cousin, Butterscotch has been left a bit unloved though…and for…
Musical Macarons, Part 4
The music-macaron pairing extravaganza is back! If you haven’t been following the musical macarons series on this blog, I’ll give you a short rundown (also, how can you not be reading the musical macaron series on this blog??? Okay, shaming…
Flavor Profile: “Poeme” Macaron (Earl Grey and Peach)
I have a confession to make: I may be addicted to tea…a cup of steamy, hot leaf juice just really gets me going, I guess (I apologize to all the people who I offended by calling tea “leaf juice…”). It’s…
Flavor Profile: Matcha Macarons
If you’ve been on the internet for even a minute this past year, you’ve probably noticed people talking about “matcha” and it’s amazing health benefits, life-changing powers…heck, there’s probably even been something on how Matcha might be critical to the…
Recipe: Chocolate-Matcha Layer Cake “Madjarica”
So…you probably read the title thinking, “ok, ok, yeah, yeah…wait, did someone just pass out on the keyboard and this was what came out when they hit their head?” Well, folks, “Madjarica” is actually a real word–it literally translates to…
