402 Macarons and the end of an era

Yep, you read that right- three flavours, three fillings, three colours- four hundred and two macarons. As my degree was mainly creative, we had the chance at the end to showcase all our hard work over the last three years in a degree show, for family and friends as well as professionals from industry. Our concept was 'DECODE'...

As I was on the committee, I was the first to pipe up and offer my baking services. Little did I realise that was so much easier said than done! I was taken up on this offer, and commissioned to make four hundred macarons, in three specially created FMB flavours- CocoNut(Shell), FMB Orange and Earl Grey Matter.

Although I am taking on more and more orders, I still work in a domestic kitchen, with limited space (thanks mummy!) which meant that I essentially took over the entire first floor of my parents' house with drying, cooling and filling these eight hundred and four macaron shells.

Not to mention carting them all, in their finished state, one hundred and three miles down the M1 to Nottingham!

They turned out to be a big hit, and really added to the number of people coming into our show- of course they stayed for the company!

B x