I’m gonna be honest here – the recipe in the book calls for individual macarons. But I’ve wanted to make a macaron cake for so long, so I thought that this would be the perfect time to try! And I love it! Admittedly, it doesn’t have feet (I don’t think I whisked my egg whites enough. Sigh. There’s always next time, though!)
And this is the first time I’ve flavoured my macaron shells (I know, I know – I shouldn’t just make plain ones but I’m still trying to get them just right, so I’m not really into fiddling with them too much just now). I ground up some pistachios and added them to the mixture and they taste amazing (and I’m not even a fan of pistachios!)
For this cake, I made one big disk and a big ring, as I wanted some fruit to go in the middle and I thought it might look weird if they were all piled on top. Piping the cream onto the disk and them topping with the ring creates a nice well in the middle for the fruit to sit 🙂
Now, I just need to wait for my Mum to come home from work so that I can cut it (I can’t cut it before as many people as possible have seen that I can sometimes bake pretty things).
