My first sugar flowers

These are my first sugar flowers. I tried to make them as thin as possible and added in the stamen. Effectively they are fantasy flowers as they are non descript of any specific species. Basically trying to get comfortable with sugar paste and how far it will go.
Overall I found the sugar paste is quite forgiving and found you can push it a lot before it would tear.
Got the recipe for the paste and will make up a batch for myself.

Orange poppy seed cupcakes

Found this recipe from the Crabapple cupcake book. Looked interesting and tasted good too. I modified it to be eggless and turned out perfect. This cupcake is filled with poppyseeds and orange rind. The frosting on top is filled with orange juice left over when I scrapped off the rind. The downside to this batch was the orange was not as sweet as it could have been. Bit to acidic which came through in the frosting.

Will also need to improve camera work. Shadows in the picture doesn't make it look too good. Need to also try and make my shots more professional too. Hmm..maybe a better camera.

Almond Biscotti

Whipped up some Almond Biscotti. Some people like callingit Almond Bread but they are much more thicker and taller. Almond Biscotti is much more thicker than mines. I like slicing it thinly which you tend to savour the flavour more. Should probably be called Almond wafers.

Almost got my macarons to perfection. Got the right mix and now trying to stablise the oven temperature. I think because my oven is fan forced it is over cooking the biscuits. Will try on 165 degrees which should be perfect.

Chocolate coated rumballs

I am still working on and perfecting my macarons. I have made several batches so far and not all successful. I have been reducing the sugar content and found the macarons are not holding up.
I made up some choc coated rumballs.

These rumballs I made up in the past with a standard rumball recipe and coating them with choc and striping with white chocolate.

I will be working on another batch of macarons and may add in almond biscottis as a face saver.
At least I know that recipe works.
I will have a mini project of making some choc treats soon.

Lemon cream Macaroons

Finally got the macaroons right. After several dismal failures, I got to know the eggwhites and balance needed to get the macaroons right.
One of the problems I found was the recipes I was using was the wrong mix for what I wanted. Some tricks involved but knew where I was going wrong.
Made a bunch of them and filled them with lemon buttercream.
Will try chocolate and other flavours next. Haha..I am so happy.

Blackforest cake

Made an eggless black forest cake. Three layers of sponge and filled with whipped cream and cherries. I dropped the kirsch as children were going to eat it but also it is hard to find..hehehe.

I think it turned out well, was not too sweet. Made it for the moon festival, though it has nothing to do with moon cakes or the festival. I just like making it.

Hmm let see what will be next.

Cinnamon Scrolls

Made up some cinnamon scrolls.