Geets cupcakes

I attended an awesome sugar art class, where we crafted figures out of pettinice. We then placed our creations on frosted cup cakes. It was so much of fun. The pig and cow head were my favourite. Thanks Debbie for teaching me how to craft these figures.

Yummy macaroons to go! After having a lovely discussion with a work colleague about macaroons and where you can really find them in South Africa, I got home thinking its really something special to learn how to make. I turned the on the TV and to my surprise one of the baking programs on the food channel were showing how to make simple macaroons.  So I decided to give it a try. Ingredients: 1 cup icing sugar 3/4 cup ground almond powder 2 egg whites room temperature (40g if you have a scale) 1/4 cup icing sugar 150ml of water Gel food colouring Method: Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Prepare oven tray with baking paper Sift the icing sugar to add air into it. Thereafter add the almond powder and mix. Place water on stove and add 1/4 cup icing sugar to it. Bring to a boil so the sugar blends into the water. Beat the egg whites until it becomes foamy and add sugar water mixture. This allows the egg whites to get a shiny glaze sooner. Continue beating the egg w