Cute Piggy Dark Chocolate Macarons with Indented Features

I couldn't resist giving piggies different expressions, especially the sassy one 🤭

Simple pig macarons filled with dairy-free dark chocolate ganache and chocolate coated crispearls. What's unique about this creation is the use of the technique to create indented features on macaron shells. The nostrils and ear indents were created by waiting for a pliable membrane to form on the piped batter before using a Dresden tool to create the indents.

Pipe batter with indented features

Filling the macarons!

I used my default Swiss meringue method recipe for these piggies, and edible marker and lustre dust for the eyes and cheeks. 

Please see the reel for the process of making this, especially the indents:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGAkYM7JdQg/?igsh=M2Y2YzdndndtdHFx

with love,

Phay Shing 

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Chiikawa Strawberry Raspberry Macarons

 This is the 11th consecutive year a friend requested for birthday bakes for her daughter. Chiikawa is the character she's into at this point in time so I made some Chiikawa characters in the form of macarons and brown sugar cookies. I am showcasing the macarons in this blog post!

Chiikawa, Hachiware and Usagi!

As usual I used my default Swiss meringue method macaron recipe for the macaron shells. I decorated the shells using edible marker and edible paint.

Decorated macaron shells!

These macarons were rather challenging to make due to the large size, white/pastel colours and small protruding bits. Oven temperature control gets tricky as a temperature that is too low will result in concave hollows and a temperature that is too high will brown the shells.

The macarons are filled with strawberry raspberry Swiss meringue buttercream and jam.

See the video of the process over here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFPpPjIyCHN/?igsh=eHU2dTVoZW90MGkx

with love,

Phay Shing

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Sea Otter Valentine's Day Mugs with Latte Art (a marshmallow-macaron creation)

 Did you see Starbuck's Vday sea otter mug collection this year? They were so adorable I was inspired to create my own version of it out of macarons and marshmallows! 

A closer look at the coffee vanilla marshmallow sea otters! I used decaf coffee throughout so it's still kid-friendly.

A clearer view of the latte art made out of coffee white chocolate and vanilla white chocolate pudding, both of which are dairy-free.

Here's a cross section view where you can see that the insides of the mug is coated with white chocolate and there's dark chocolate ganache with toasted chopped pecans right at the base. I made the dark chocolate ganache dairy-free too.

Even the macaron mugs are flavoured as it's my baking principle to make my creations taste good as well. The macaron shells were flavoured with freeze-dried raspberry powder. I used macaron batter to glue the handle pieces to the main body of the mug so no royal icing is used.

A look at the marshmallows before dusting.

You may find my video tutorials for the macaron mug and marshmallows here:

3D macaron mug with latte art:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFuiuOcp8up/?igsh=dTJoNzd0dTZqdWF1

Sea otter marshmallow piping tutorial:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFzsZQLy6e-/?igsh=aW9nNjYwYXR5cTBr

Read the captions of the reels for more technical tips and the recipe for dairy-free coffee white chocolate pudding.

with love,

Phay Shing

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Heart Macarons with Wet-On-Wet Designs

 I dressed up simple heart macarons with more little hearts for Valentine's Day!

Check out the awesome feet from the side view!

These macarons were filled with dairy-free dark chocolate ganache and dairy-free mixed berry (strawberry and raspberry) ganache. Both are temperature stable enough for gifting in tropical Singapore.

Find out how I created the patterns from this tutorial:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFchON3zyy-/?igsh=eDMwajlrd3hjejBt

Technical tips to take note of are in the captions of the reel.

with love,

Phay Shing

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