You know I had to do it!

padawansguide is such an enabler. I just so happened to be having a Macaron party today so when she posted about this cupcake wrapper set yesterday I had to have them and ordered the .PDF on the spot. I mean I HAD too!

The party was fun, helped greatly by the adorable cupcakes! Assembling them brought back memories of all the paper doll cutting in my youth... good times.

So what is a Macaron party you ask? It all started when I volunteered to make macarons for an event on Sunday (tomorrow). caseysmusings expressed interest in learning how to make the tasty if finicky treats so I invited her to come hang out and watch me bake. Then I thought why not make it a party of it and invited a few more girlfriends for a baking day. The irony of all this being that in the end Casey wasn’t able to come but we'll get together another time! Oh darn, more macarons in my future. So sad. :P

I tried some new recipes today with varying levels of success so it took a few batches to get enough good macarons for Sunday. Luckily the "rejects" were tasty if not proper macarons and we consumed more than enough sugar to be going on with. Kitchen disasters are always much more fun with friends. (My first ever lemon curd was good anyway - yay!)

So yes I'm thinking more baking parties should be in my future. Perhaps éclairs next time... :>