Only yesterday, after I finished the World Bread Day 2009 – Roundup with 264 amazing entries, I realized I had still to make the Daring Baker’s challenge: Macaroons!
¡Qué horror! Of course there was no time to let age the egg whites for 3 days and no time to let them take room temperature as well. Perhaps that’s why I produced the world’s ugliest Macaroons? Where is the distinctive „foot“ at the base of my macaroons gone?
It doesn’t worth to write down my proceeding. But in case you wonder: These should be Coconut Macaroons with Dark Chocolate Ganache Filling. I think, it’s better you head over to the Daring Kitchen Headquarter to see the recipe as well the perfect Macaroons my fellow Daring Bakers made.
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The 2009 October Daring Bakers‘ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macaroons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
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June 2008 Challenge – Danish Braid
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April 2009 Challenge – Cheesecake with Lemon Curd Topping
Mai 2009 Challenge – Banana Strudel
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July 2009 Challenge – Milan Cookies
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But the photo (which is SO beautiful), well and truly makes up for it! I bet they tasted delicious anyway ;)
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Thank you, your kind words cheer me up! But beautiful are only the Jasmine flowers. ;-)
Do not be so hard on yourself they do look nice. I have never tried this method before but I read that one can dry out the whites in the microwave if running short of time. Kudos for still giving these a try!
I had trouble also, but your „ugly“ photo is just lovely. And still tasty, no?
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Yes, very tasty at least. ;-)
They are not ugly .. I call them distinctive! Love the colours and the picture.
I love your macaroons! I think they look soooo cute even if they didn’t turn out perfect. Not to mention that you did a wonderful job setting up the photo to make them look so great :)
Aw, those are hardly the ugliest! Trust me, I’ve seen worse come out of my own kitchen, and besides, they look perfectly delicious all the same. :)
I think you are being too harsh on yourself I think this is a good 1st effort especially after some of the things you mentioned what is important is they tasted good. Great effort and great honesty, Bravo for both of those traits in your post. Cheers from Audax in Australia.
yes u baked…und ich hab wieder alles verpasst……:-(
I’ve seen uglier, and I bet the taste fantastic anyway. :)
They may not be perfect macarons but I think they look delicious, very tender and chewy like I like! And perfect with the chocolate filling! I always say, if it tastes so yummy you can’t stop eating them then they are perfect!
Your picture is very pretty and I’m sur your macarons tasted great! That can happen to us all…
Cheers,
Rosa
well,my dear, come and have a look at mine!!! lower thans yours too!
I was so excited to do macaroons, my very first time…and my egg whites were old enough and at room temperature, but…there must be a devil or something mysterious in the air…a complete aesthetic failure!
Anyway, I have seen so many beautiful DBs macaroons that I am satisfied with them!
and… to tell you the truth…we can happily survive without macaroons, can’t we?
baciiiiiiiiiiiii!
I don’t know why I find it funny that you made them coconut, kinda like American macaroons! Yeah these pesky things don’t take long to bake but the prep time is too lengthy huh.
Although I think they are far from ugly, I love how beautifully you photographed them! Wonderful job on this challenge =D.
I think your macarons are pretty cute! They look like little meringue ghosts with chocolate feet.
Natalie @ Gluten A Go Go