Macaron towers and some owl-lection!

Last week was so interesting! Interesting because I managed to make two macaron towers in a single day! At the same time, I baked a whole lot of macarons and cakes, too. Slept only 2-3 hours for the past week, but it paid off, when I hear encouraging feedback from my customers.

I still keep a day job,  working  9-5, and only get to do my baking at night. How I wish we can have 48 hours in a day ^^. For this week, I have an order for a macaron tower for a wedding engagement, and the theme is white and gold. I am so excited to make it! ;)





First tower: A medium-sized, colourful macaron tower with "princess" as its theme, sitting on a fondant cake. It took me five hours to make the fondant base cake. But I really enjoyed every moment of it!   





Safely delivered at the party venue!    





   





Second tower: A medium-sized purple and blue macaron tower for a wedding engagement.    



Safely delivered! *picture taken by the customer. Thanks, Ben & Nuar!     If you are interested in ordering my macaron tower, you can find out the prices below, and "Like" my Le Chouette Macaron fan page for frequent updates!





    Anyway, before this "macaron love affair", I loved painting! Now, baking is the new medium to for me to express my art. I still love painting, though!

There are a few blank, framed canvas at home. I wish one day, I'll have some free time and paint some owls! Speaking of owls, over the past few weeks, I have added a lot of owls to my 'owl-lection' but didn't have the chance to snap a few pictures yet. Soon, I hope! ;)

Managed to quickly snap this picture on last Sunday, just before going out to meet my customers. I chose to wear the Owl t-shirt, from Jaspal.







   





 Picture from mobile phone... Yeah, Netherland!... although they got defeated by Denmark 0-1 in the match earlier in the morning. Have a nice day, Miam! 

Red and white macaron tower

   Laduree's small tower, took this picture in 2009... 
Back in 2009 when I first visited Paris to attend a summer photography course, I started adoring Laduree.  Every time I passed by Laduree, I got amazed by their window displays, especially their classy-looking macaron towers. That was the reason why I decided to attend the baking class in Paris last year. The best part was, my macaron teacher  used to work for Laduree, and she shared a lot of  tips on how she made the towers while she was with Laduree!

So, this month I started taking orders for my macaron towers... yeah, inspired by Laduree, to be honest ;)

My towers come in three sizes - small, medium and large. I have already received a few orders, spanning from now till early next year. That really got me all excited to make the towers!

Last weekend, I made a medium-sized, 17-inche tall macaron tower that comes complete with a 9-inch wide red velvet cake as its base. I used about 70 pieces of macarons in three different flavors - red (chocolate + strawberry),  white (butterscotch) and white with mini heart-shaped sugar topping (lychee).





 








   Safely delivered. I'm so happy to see my tower standing tall on the dessert table in the wedding hall. The delivery process was a bit challenging but didn't stop me from looking for taller towers in the future!

For the next assignment, I'm to deliver a medium size rainbow macaron tower with "princess" as its theme, for a  birthday party. This one will come with a customized two-tier dummy cake. I'm so looking forward to it!

Anyway don't forget to "like" my Le Chouette Macaron fan page to get frequent updates, miam!