Birthday cake macarons for a special girl’s first birthday party because “a party without cake is just a meeting.” Golden butter cake was substituted for some of the almond flour in the macaron shell. The filling was strawberry flavored Italian buttercream. A bite sized birthday cake in a macaron.
Birthday Haiku
little bit is one
such a joy she has become
celebrate the day
Birthdays are a celebration of life, a new year, and the promise of the future. It is a time for families and friends to gather and enjoy the moment. In the south, parties center around food. What better party food is there than cake and macarons, what better way to celebrate than with birthday cake macarons!
Before I began baking the macarons, I had to question how to make the macarons taste like birthday cake. To accomplish that flavor, I decided to incorporate cake into the macaron shell. But, how should I add the cake and will the macaron shell rise, have feet, and look like a macaron?
I began by baking a golden butter cake, the recipe is in a previous blog post birthday cake cupcakes. The cake was crumbled, placed on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper, and baked on 200 degrees F for 20 minutes.
The dehydrated cake was ground into a fine powder and replaced a portion of the almond flour used to make the macaron shell. The #macarons were made using the basic macaron recipe found in the Bouchon Bakery cookbook and described in a previous blog post macarons for a wedding.
The macaronage was slightly grainier than usual, leading to some anxiety over how this experiment would turn out.
Rainbow sprinkles were sprinkled over the #macaron shells before baking.
To my delight, after baking, the macaron shells looked like a macaron shell should. They developed the signature feet and shape. Also, the shell had the hard outer shell and a full soft interior giving it the right combination of crunch and chew.
Strawberry preserves were added to Italian buttercream for the filling.
The birthday cake macarons were enjoyed by all. The golden butter cake gave the macaron a true birthday cake taste. A party in your mouth.
The party was a success and the birthday girl had a great day!
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