All You Need To Know About Heart Macarons (Templates and Video included)

Hot on the heels of Chinese New Year is Valentine's Day so many macaron bakers are looking at making heart macarons for sale. I am part of a wonderful Facebook group called All Things Macarons and I know from there that there are some things that bakers would love to know about making heart shaped macarons. I happen to be teaching this for Culinary Arts Ministry in church so I have decided to do a detailed documentation of making heart shaped macarons. (Update: this event is cancelled...

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'Year of the Rat' Chiffon Cakes

新年快乐! 祝你幸福鼠不完! 🥰🐭  This is a belated blog post, as I was busy over CNY and forgot to post these cakes on the blog =p.Here are my chiffon cake rats, inspired by 裕鼠鼠 and 乐鼠鼠 from Mediacorp wishing you a happy new year! This year feels a bit different because of the Wuhan virus, but praying that it will soon be over. Everyone take care! With lots of love, Susanne...

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'Bear in Teacup' Earl Grey Lavender Macaron Class

Due to an overwhelming response to my teacup macaron class for chinese new year in January, I decided to conduct another macaron teacup class but with a different design! Bears in teacups!  Unlike the earlier teacup macaron class which focused on a variety of fillings (dark chocolate ganache, mandarin orange yuzu curd and mandarin orange yuzu swiss meringue buttercream), this class covers simple character macarons as well but only one type of filling is taught (Earl Grey lavender...

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Mickey Mouse Kueh Lapis

Mickey Mouse cake to usher in the Year of the Rat! Can you guess what cake this is? And more slices! My family said it was really sad to cut up the cute Mickey =p Yes it is kueh lapis! Great when we have extra egg yolks! =) The character kueh lapis was rather experimental, and I didn't think it would work. I actually made a few more other kueh lapis with the kids! Everyone loves it (it's a lot sweeter and richer than the usual chiffon cake haha). Here's the recipe of the...

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Black Sesame 'Koala in Distress' Choux pastry

Bushfires are a common thing in Australia during summer. But the one that razed Australia end of last year went on at an unprecedented scale and is still not over to this date. Many homes and lives were lost and countless wildlife affected. I am sure you have seen in the news so I shall spare you the details. Many years ago, my family visited Australia and I had the chance to carry a koala. I was smitten by how cute they are and was surprised by how solidly heavy they are too. It is really...

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'Mother and Baby Koala' Chiffon Cake

Mother and baby koala, inspired by a real photo of a Mother protecting a baby koala during the bushfire that went viral. 🐨💖 Thank God for the rain falls across parts of Australia! However, the recovery and rescue continues and the road ahead is long. Each life saved is special ❤ If you are interested to help, you can visit the Redcross link here. Another link you might be interested to find out more is WIRES. Thanks for your kind hearts! With lots of love, Susann...

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Teddy Bear Lychee Rose Choux Pastry Class

Quite a few people asked about character Deco Choux Pastry classes and this is what I intend to teach as the simplest but cute design for a full body character. Back to bascics - - - Teddy bear choux pastries! Please don't ask me to teach trademarked characters because there are copyright issues involved 😂. Techniques learned at class can be applied to those characters and you can make them on your own once you know the techniques.  This class is suitable for beginners as...

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3D CNY Cartoon Rat Chiffon Cake (Round 2!)

老大，老二 和 老三 wish all of you 鼠年大吉！！ This is the winning caption from my Instagram post. As you know, I am not so good with words, so my friend suggested why not I get others to name the creation instead! hehe I have shared the recipe in my previous post 3D Cartoon Rat Chiffon Cakes. Here, I added in some red accents to the creation. I have more rat creations coming up! Hope you are not bored yet! =p With lots of love, Susan...

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招福猫 (Fortune Cat) Lychee Rose Choux Pastries (updated filling recipe!)

I love cats and had a pet cat once so of course I have to take the chance to create a choux pastry version of my favourite animal! Besides making rat choux pastries to welcome the new year, I made fortune cats to welcome the new year too! There are variations to the name of this cat but I have always called them "招福猫"  The typical fortune cat is a calico cat and has an arm that waves to 招 or welcome food fortune. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible so I chose to work with...

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Rat Choux Pastry in Macaron Teacups

Continuing on from my previous blog post, I decided to have a creation that showcases three of the genres that I work with the most. Rat choux in macaron teacups with some mandarin orange chiffon "oranges" on the side! The Chinese characters 鼠年大吉 means great fortune in the year of the rat The choux pastry rats have little feet here (also made out of choux pastry) that aren't present in my previous post. You may refer to my previous post for details on how to make this simple deco...

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Rat 'Melt-in-the-mouth' Pineapple Tarts

Couldn't resist making melt-in-the-mouth Rat Pineapple Tarts! 🐭 Do you find them cute? =) Here is the cross section after a bite! Everyone has their to-go-to recipe. Here's mine below. This year I modified the recipe to add custard powder and corn flour for crispier and more crumbly texture. I added in instructions for shaping the rat too. Hope you like it! Rat 'Melt-in-the-mouth' Pineapple Tarts (portion is enough to make 58-60 rat tarts) 500 grams Pineapple Jam 227g...

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Valentine's Day Heart Macaron Bouquet Class

If you are clueless about macarons but want to make something that looks impressive and tastes great (not too sweet), why not join me for this macaron class to make a heart macaron bouquet! I will cover the simplest method, the French method, as well as some calligraphy tips and bouquet assembly tips. Heart shaped macarons are not just suitable for Valentine's Day, but also for other occasions like Mother's day, teacher's day or any day you want to show your loved ones how much you...

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