Upper Crust

I think it’s time for me to admit that I’m not very good at posting updates on what I’ve been recently working on. I managed to snap a picture of this project that I made for my own daughter. She asked for a mermaid cake and decided to take a slightly different approach decorating it. Instead of scales or tons of fishtails, I hoped for it to be reminiscent of shells, coral and the light dancing through the reef. Of course, I forgot to take a photo of the cake inside. Strawberry cake with strawberry frosting and a layer of strawberry reduction, and a lemon cake with lemon curd and whipped frosting.

Coffee is not my favorite “flavor.” I’m more of a tea girl, myself and when I do drink coffee, I doctor it up with lots of cream, milk, vanilla and sweetener. With Saint Patrick’s Day around the corner and the gears in my brain churning out an endless stream of ideas, one that struck me as being worthy of exploration was a spiked coffee macaron. Baileys and Jameson whiskey was a fun taste testing experience and even more fun was combining them with this macaron that is packed with the intense flavor of real coffee.

☘️ Presenting Baileys Irish coffee macarons. ☘️

Two coffee-flavored macarons sandwich spiked American buttercream which is flavored with two Irish liqueurs: Baileys and Jameson whiskey. I’m offering these for a limited time! Also available alcohol-free.