Macaron madness..

I again, did few trials to master the art of macaron last week. Because this little cuties are too lovely to gave in to. And here are some points jotted which i found the most crucial for a successful macaron. Cracked macarons are my main failure. After placing a tray in the oven, waiting for 5 mins the feet will rise, and almost right after this..you'll slowly see a hairline crack starts to perform. If this is the first batch, you'll know that the rest of the trays will surely have the same cracks.. To point to continue..you'll only get 2-3 random of good macs, the rest are best to be thrown away soonest possible..hahaha.. After long sighed..patience..so here what made my macarons cracked :

1. Too high of temperature during baking.
- Even a teeny bit of change could affect. So here is the ideal for my oven..hehehe..see the marking..

2. Humidity

- Sad to say, yes rainy day affects, drying the mac in front of the oven helps or lay them in the air-conditioned room

- Heated the oven longgg enough to ensure homogeneous heat distribution within the oven

3. The art of folding

- Dont over beat or it'll create air bubbles in the batter..pufff cracking..

- Using a rubber spatula, scrap, turn, scrap..softly. 

- After adding the colour / additional flavouring..i counted to 5 and stopped..hahaha..

- It is done when you lift and it drapes down slowly ribbon like..if it dropped too fast..it's over beat..puff possible crack..

Other points jotted for my future reference;

- Egg whites could already be used after 8 hours of ageing.

- Use a good blender to zapped the icing sugar and the ground almond for a superfine result.

And here we are..tadaaaaa.. hope the above helps who've been having the same cracking on their macarons..

A total of 100 pieces for Telekung Project , Wash and About event. TQ Nadia ..nice meeting you!

Thank you Kak Hajar.

Thank you Kak Sha..

And here, the rest of the bakes..

Pavlova ordered by Lin & her friend. Thank you ladies!!

A special gift, posted, requested from S to S in the north. Thank you S :)

Mini rainbow cake with cream cheese. Thank you Asmah (tokey chalet) Glad it was sodap :)

Mini chocolate moist cup cakes with chocolate ganache. Thank you Azira!

Also for Azira, 16 pieces of red velvet with cream cheese cup cakes.

Alrite..all, thank you..ill post this week's bakes later.. Happy Labour Day!!!!!!