Macarons

I just love macarons!  I accidentally came across the macarons on various blogs and instantly fell in love with them.  I had to make them!

Macarons

Fresh out of the oven...

Superheroes birthday cake

It was my godson's birthday in July, 2009, so I asked him what birthday cake he would like me to make for him.  He goes: "I want Spiderman, Superman and Batman".  I looked at him with me mouth wide open, trying to think how I would make a cake with all three heros.  After a lot of web research I realized than many boys really want cakes with all 3 Superheroes.  As you can see here, I made 3 sponge cakes, filled them with cream and fresh strawberries.  Each cake was then decorated with a different colour (to match the hero's theme).  The spiderweb and the writing is made out of piped chocolate.

My 3rd sugarpaste cake

Pink Madeira cake with white chocolate ganache filling.  Covered with sugarpaste.

Spring buttercream cake... half eaten...

This is a madeira cake with Italian meringue buttercream and strawberry filling.  The cake has been covered with pasteurized cream and sugarpaste flowers.

Cake slice...

Here you can see how the cake looks.  This was the last piece of the cake.  Everyone loved it so much that I nearly forgot to take a photo of it!

Sugarpaste flower

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Spring buttercream cake

Sugarpaste cake

Αποφασισα να φτιαξω ενα κεικ που λεγεται White chocolate mud cake και ειναι αρκετα δημοφιλης στην Αυστραλια.  Το κεικ εχει γεμιση Γκανας σοκολατας (κουβερτουρας).  Ειναι αρκετα "βαρυ" κεικ γιατι και η ζυμη αλλα και η γεμιση εχουν αρκετη σοκολατα.  Τελειο για τους Chocolate lovers!!! /  I decided to make a White chocolate mud cake (very famous in Australia).  It's a two layer cake with Dark chocolate ganache filling.  Too much chocolate!  Forgot to take a photo of what a slice looks like...