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French Macarons

When people hear the word macaroon, they immediately think of the coconut based cookie.  There are two different types of macaroon.  There is the American Macaroon which is coconut based cookie and of course, the French Macaron, which is almond based cookie.  

I made some French macarons today since I have been craving them for a couple of weeks now.  They were so easy to make and French macarons are versatile.  For the vanilla macarons, I filled a few of them with Nutella and a few in guava jam (a recipe I obtained in Hawai'i).

French Macaron filled with Guava Jam

French Macaron filled with Nutella

Two Hundred Special Cake Pops

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to make two hundred cake pops in the theme of the birthday celebrant's favourite sports.... Golf, Tennis, and Scuba Diving.  I thought about making Scuba Diving Cake Pops, but that would be hard.  I just don't have time to shape and decorate one hundred scuba cylinders, so I decided on the Golf Theme and the Tennis Theme.

Later on, I found that the party was a costume party, wearing nothing but 1960s outfits.  Whoa!  How is a sports theme going to go with the Psychedelic theme of the party.  Even though they clashed, I still made the sports theme .... Tennis and Golf.