Mooncakes for Mid Autumn Festival

  Snow skin with chestnut filling

 Matcha snow skin - Chestnut filling with pinenuts

Mont Blanc aux marrons

It is a dessert of puréed, sweetened chestnut cream over a meringue.
The name comes from Mont Blanc, as it resembles the famous snow-capped mountain.

Construction of  Mont Blanc:

Circular cake base with meringue.

Secure meringue with chocolate ganache.

Pipe chestnut cream; covering the whole of meringue.

Fasten decorative dollie to base

Dust with icing sugar for that snow effect.

Yum!

Macarons, macarons....macarons

First batch:
Macarons with peanut butter and ganache filling

Second batch:
Macarons with lemon curd and buttercream

Third batch:
Macarons with vanilla buttercream