Chewy giant macarons are layered with fluffy peanut butter frosting, and topped with ganache and buckeyes!
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Before I even talk to you about this crazy amazing macaron cake, please let it be known that I am normally a bad baker who disregards when a recipe specifies to sift your ingredients. But I promise this is one recipe that is worth using that sifter!
I made the mistake once of not doing sifting and my macaron batter was so clumpy that it was a huge waste of ingredients. You think there’s no clumps in your sugar, flour, or cocoa powder but I promise you there are! In cookies and fluffy cakes you can usually get away with not doing it but not with this!
Ok now for this cake! I actually got the idea from a local baker, Volk Sweets, who makes chocolate macarons stuffed with peanut butter and dipped in chocolate to look like buckeyes. But what about a jumbo sized version?
Three layers of giant chocolate macarons are stacked with fluffy peanut butter frosting, topped with chocolate ganache, a little more frosting, and some homemade buckeye candies!
I did discover that this cake was even better on the second day, as the frosting softened the macaron layers a bit. But in case you have zero patience around desserts like me, it was perfectly delightful the day of as well.
The only disappointing thing was that my giant macarons didn’t have any feet. I definitely let them develop a nice skin prior to baking so I wonder if the size was a limiting factor? If anyone else has tried making giant macarons before, let me know!
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Source: Cake adapted from Cadbury and S’mores Macarons, frosting adapted from my Dark Chocolate Cookie Butter Cupcakes, and ganache from Chocolate Mousse Cake.
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