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I can’t help but love these colorful little confections and it seems like rest of the world can’t resist them either! I have been dying to make my own since I first laid bite on them several years back during my stopover in Paris from the bakery that started it all, Lauderee. What I love most about French macarons is that you can put multiple unique flavor combinations in one little bite. I have something that I call “taste-bud ADD” where I get bored of the same flavor in a single meal and I need to change up my flavors while I eat. Macarons are perfect for me because I can get a bunch of different flavors of macarons in one dessert sitting and have no taste bud boredom and no heavy feeling after.
I was in my last few days of pregnancy when I first attempted to make them. I had a craving for macarons and I was obsessed with anything rose flavored so I decided to put the two together and make cardamom rose macarons. Despite knowing that it required a tricky technique, I put the little energy I had into making them and I was envisioning that I would have a perfect outcome on the first try. I was devastated when they came out of the oven completely deflated! The flavor was spot on and I still needed to satisfy my crazy pregnancy craving so I ended up scraping the baked batter off the Silpat and eating it all with a spoon.
I made a second attempt months later and I was ecstatic when they came out perfect! I included pictures below for you to see. I was literally jumping for joy when I saw the glossy dome with the ruffled flat bottom called the “foot”. They had a delicate crisp on the outside of the shell and moist and chewy interior. I paired the cardamom rose macarons with a smooth honey buttercream and they were divine! I loved them so much that I added them to my menu to share with all of you, so if you need a macaron fix, you know where to find them! 😉
The piped macarons are ready to be placed in the oven
The baked macaron shell with the perfect “foot”
Cardamom rose macarons filled with a honey buttercream
