Macaroon/Macaron?....

I'm not a great fan of macaroons, at least the English version with the chewy texture and the taste and texture of coconut. Coconut is the work of the devil and shouldn't be added to anything in my opinion. I much prefer the French version, macarons, with the soft meringue texture and almond flour sandwiched together with flavoured Grenache. They seem to be everywhere at the moment, the Christmas markets were full of them. They are more versatile that macaroons as you can flavour them in lots of different ways.

I suggested to Cake Club at the Post Box Cafe that we make them. I haven't heard that we will be doing them but when I called in for coffee and cheesecake on Saturday I saw some had been made. Maybe Chris was trying them out. I hope so.

I bought some to take home. These ones are chocolate, strawberry and, I think, vanilla. They look beautiful and are delicious. But my favourite ones were the salted caramel ones that were giving out one afternoon, as free food, at ODDEST Bar, just along the road from the Post Box Cafe.