Thursday, December 23, 2010

Wedding Macarons

Thank you all for your lovely comments on my earlier post re the wedding cookies i made for my friend.  All of you are always so encouraging and kind with your words.  Thanks! :D   Without further ado, here's the second installment of the wedding cookies..this time round in the form of macarons.  Macarons are also cookies correct?  Not so sure..but i think so.  As my friend's wedding theme is pink, so pink and white macarons (white looking more like champagne color actually) it is.. I hunted for THE cute ribbon for the longest time and managed to find the one that i like but it's sooo expensive...what to do, i needed to have that ribbon to complete the entire look for the macaron-lollipops, so not much of a choice. 


Tying the ribbons was hard work..believe me..trying to get those little dots facing the correct way was a pain..i actually took 1 hour just to bag and tie 35 of them!  Thankfully only 35 of them in lollipops..the balance 100+ are just normal macarons...*phew*..



I set these up for my amateurish photoshoot..hahaha.  I can't decide if i like the dark background better or the white one. So i posted both here. As you can see, my Macdonald's coke glasses are in action again. Sorry folks, i really don't have any vase or nice flower pots or proper glasses at all.. i only have these free coke glasses..and i have a LOT..yup..i spend every weekend at Macdonalds because that is my son's favorite place.  



In case you all wondering, i baked the shells before i left for my hols to Japan.  I must say macaron freezes very well.  Thus, I just spend the whole of last night after work filling them.  Otherwise, i don't think i can do all 140+ macarons in just a night...and find time to take photos.. :D 

I'm pretty pleased with how my macarons turned out..so sweet and pretty in pink and white.  :D   The pink ones are strawberry macarons filled with strawberry jelly and buttercream. The white ones are rum and raisin macarons filled with "rum-mish" raisin jam and rum buttercream.  Both flavors are the Bride's favorite! :D 

Merry Christmas everyone! :D




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19 comments:

  1. giovannaDecember 23, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    they look awesome! love them!

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  2. enqDecember 23, 2010 at 8:46 PM

    So pretty!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    I echo my previous comment! Jeannette.

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  4. VickiDecember 24, 2010 at 12:35 AM

    They are gorgeous!!!

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  5. Pei-LinDecember 24, 2010 at 12:37 AM

    Faithy! You get my respect once again ... I love your first installment of the wedding favors, too! VERY impressive I must say!

    Yes, ain't fun to complete everything in one shot. That'd be too ambitious.

    Merry X'mas!

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  6. UnknownDecember 24, 2010 at 12:46 AM

    I love the colors and they look perfect, what a great job you did. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  7. HanaâDecember 24, 2010 at 2:28 AM

    These macarons are awesome and so are those wedding favor cookies! Wow, that's a lot of piping. I think I like the candy wrappers best because they're so whimsical. Great job!!

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  8. JennDecember 24, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Faithy, you are amazing! I like the wrapped ones because they are unique. Your choice of ribbon is perfect, very cute. They all look beautiful and I love both pictures (the black background is nice, but the up-close white background ones looks great as well).

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  9. UnknownDecember 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Totally gorgeous!
    Merry Merry Christmas!

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  10. KatyaDecember 24, 2010 at 10:23 PM

    those are beautiful! what recipe did you use for the shells?

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  11. maameemoomooDecember 25, 2010 at 2:41 AM

    I like the black background better. Brings out the colour best!

    Merry Xmas faithy!

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  12. JamieDecember 25, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    These are simply gorgeous and I would have loved to have these at my wedding! Beautiful and really beautifully presented! Perfect!

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  13. MendyDecember 27, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    ב''ה

    What a great idea!

    Maybe I should do this for my brother's wedding.

    Love the lollipops! :)

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  14. Patricia @ ButterYumDecember 27, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    Hi Faithy - your cookies (yes, cookies) look so good. I think your coke glasses are charming :). And my vote is for the dark background, definitely dark - it really makes the colors of your macarons pop.

    :)
    ButterYum

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  15. faithyDecember 27, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Thank you all my dear friends!
    Katya, i used Pierre Herme's recipe which can be found on Veron's website or David Lebovitz website. :D HTH!

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  16. PriscillaDecember 30, 2010 at 12:01 AM

    Hi,Thank you for your lovely comments on my cake! Your cake is fantastic.. I have seen this cake design in Debbie Browns book, she does some great books. Yours is identical! Happy New Year!

    Priscilla x

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  17. Sarah, Maison CupcakeJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Just catching up with these, they look absolutely splendid, I hope you are very proud of them. I think we can ditch that moniker "amateur" once and for all now!!

    Happy New Year xxx

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  18. Seattle Real EstateJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    This looks delicious. Thanks for posting.

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  19. AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 2:07 AM

    These look absolutely wonderful! I love the colours and the sheen you got on them!!

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