"A Childhood Summer"
The challenge for this month was to create a macaron capturing a favorite childhood/summertime memory. That is difficult. I had a happy childhood and summers full of slip-n-slides, ice cream trucks, slumber parties, movies with content far older than my little mind, digging for worms in the yard with my father, school clothes shopping with my mother, babysitting my sister, "laying out" with my friends (on the driveway.. ha!), calling the radio d.j.'s 50 times a day to request my favorite song and then turning it up so loud on my "boom box" so we could be cool while we tanned, swinging so high on swings I truly thought I might fly (... and if I didn't fly, I knew I was some sort of unrecognized world champion of swing sets), roller skating (again... champion!) and birthday parties. My birthday falls in June and my parents threw me some shin-digs! How do you capture this many "favorite" memories in a little bite? Not easily and I have not done my childhood summers justice but I did combine two things that so make me happy: purple and chocolate. I thought to myself, "What can capture THAT much happiness?" The answer: purple. It is my favorite color, the color of 4 childhood bedrooms I had, the color of my wedding, the best color ever. How fortunate I feel tonight, as I type this, to have had such a peaceful AND thrilling childhood that I can not nail down a favorite memory.
Happy end of summer friends...
These summer macarons are a simple shell, dyed purple with whipped chocolate ganache center.
* These macs didn't really rise tall but they did get lovely feet. They are flat with feet this time and I am not super pleased with them but we have to post the successes as well as the failures, right? Right? :)
The challenge for this month was to create a macaron capturing a favorite childhood/summertime memory. That is difficult. I had a happy childhood and summers full of slip-n-slides, ice cream trucks, slumber parties, movies with content far older than my little mind, digging for worms in the yard with my father, school clothes shopping with my mother, babysitting my sister, "laying out" with my friends (on the driveway.. ha!), calling the radio d.j.'s 50 times a day to request my favorite song and then turning it up so loud on my "boom box" so we could be cool while we tanned, swinging so high on swings I truly thought I might fly (... and if I didn't fly, I knew I was some sort of unrecognized world champion of swing sets), roller skating (again... champion!) and birthday parties. My birthday falls in June and my parents threw me some shin-digs! How do you capture this many "favorite" memories in a little bite? Not easily and I have not done my childhood summers justice but I did combine two things that so make me happy: purple and chocolate. I thought to myself, "What can capture THAT much happiness?" The answer: purple. It is my favorite color, the color of 4 childhood bedrooms I had, the color of my wedding, the best color ever. How fortunate I feel tonight, as I type this, to have had such a peaceful AND thrilling childhood that I can not nail down a favorite memory.
Happy end of summer friends...
These summer macarons are a simple shell, dyed purple with whipped chocolate ganache center.
* These macs didn't really rise tall but they did get lovely feet. They are flat with feet this time and I am not super pleased with them but we have to post the successes as well as the failures, right? Right? :)
I had a purple room too! Always a good color choice:) Great job on the macs!
ReplyDeleteI think your mac looks great, flat feet or not! :D As long as they taste great, i think doesn't really matters..:)
ReplyDeleteThe frilly skirts on your macs are perfect with the bedroom-wall purple color! What a dream childhood you had ! That was the cool girl's childhood where I grew up! Lucky you! Sounds just perfect, just like your macs! Love them. Yay to you for baking with us!
ReplyDeleteOh and p.s. my mom and brother decided to redecorate my room and chose the color I hated the most: green. With green gingham curtains. Ugh! Lucky lucky you!
ReplyDeleteTiff, I love the dark purple color of your macs. You always get the nicest colors.
ReplyDeleteI agree about the skirts! I like them! I'm scared of macarons because the egg aging thing intimidates me. Can I just eat yours?
ReplyDeleteYour write up could be an introduction to the new best seller- you had a great childhood. I love purple too. I wear it far too often.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful memories you have! Love the deep purple color! Perhaps you could give some of your "feet" to my feetless(?!) macs!
ReplyDeletePurple and chocolate, two fabulous things in life, mos def. Beautiful shade of purple on your macs.
ReplyDeleteI ♥ your summer memories. Thank you for posting such a rich and wonderful post. I think I love the colour purple now too! I finally got a hold of mac somethings a little late {this morning} but am glad I'm in good company! You inspire me! Thank you for being with us at MacTweets!
ReplyDeleteGreat teenaged memories! I also remember calling into the radio station to request "The Reflex" over and over again (I know you'll appreciate that). What a vibrant color you achieved with these mac!
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