Today, I've literally spent hours in the kitchen covered in popcorn and have possibly made the biggest mess ever! I mixed and wizzed and piped and sprinkled and today for the first time ever made some French buttercream - OH YEAH! I was totally in my comfort zone preparing the sugar syrup, a bit like making Italian meringue really but then I was totally intrigued about how the whole thing was going to come together as instead of pouring the sugar syrup into egg whites I was pouring it into egg yolks. The mixture looked really runny for a while and I was starting to panic when Willy Wonka must of heard my pleas for help and voila it just magically transformed into this beautiful, luxurious and delicious thick buttercream. Phew! Just wish, however, there was more of it as I do like to pipe a generous amount of filling into my macarons. Next time, I'll double the quantity.
