Monday, August 9, 2010

Two Tone MacCakes - Or what to do with yummy leftovers



MacCakes - no this isn't something you get at the golden arches. It's what I'm calling my cupcakes topped with macarons that were a result of some yummy leftovers this week.

Oh and check out the two tone topping.


Totally swirlalicious.

I've had it in my head to make some macCakes for a while and then I spied something very similar to these on one of Butter Hearts Sugar post. The pink two tone twirl on that site was so sweet.

So I was a bit inspired when I ended up with the following leftovers last week:
Chocolate butter cake cupcakes,
Vanilla Italian Meringue Buttercream,
Chocolate Buttercream
Strawberry and white chocolate macarons and
Vanilla Bean white chocolate macarons
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My two tone macCakes were just meant to be.

and you know when your serving leftovers you have to jazz it up a bit so I added some gorgeous cupcake wrappers from The Cupcake Wrapper Co to pull the look together.


and just because I had some green cupcake wrappers as well I did these ones with the flowers as well.

Oh these made me so happy, I loved the chocolate buttercream with the macarons. I had even more macarons left and ended up piping a little star of the two tone buttercream on the top of all of them. No pictures of these as I ate them way too fast.


There are a couple of ways to do a two tone frosting, you can just pop the 2 different frostings into the one piping bag and hope for the best, or you can do what I did and pop each frosting into a separate bag, then pop those 2 bags into another bag with a tip. Usually ends up more even and with less smudging.


Ooops filled those bags a little too much, remember to under fill them a little as they will be getting squished in with another bag.

I piped onto the counter until I had the swirl coming through evenly and then it was easy peasy.


Yummmm!!!!!

25 comments:

  1. You are too clever Linda! I'm going to try that one day! :D

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  2. They look great! I will have the try the two tone swirl one day! Your macaroons are perfect :)

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  3. Ooh these look yummy! I love how perfect the 2 tone is, aha I used the hope for the best method.

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  4. Lovely clicks Linda. Good recipe. Icing makes it look cute and yummy.

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  5. Such a clever idea, i never thought of putting the two bags in another bag!! Ill have to try that sometime!! Your cupcakes look amazing :D.

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  6. Very cool idea with the two bags inside one for the perfect swirl. Gorgeous cupcakes!

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  7. so lovely, so well thought and amazingly executed! fabuloous cupcakes!

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  8. What a fun idea. Swirlalicious cupcakes would be a hit at my house.

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  9. Thanks for showing how to do the swirl properly. I have to go do it now :)

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  10. These look good - 2 yummy things in 1!

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  11. Wow, absolutely gorgeous! Love the pictures of the mac on the two tone ice cream...really cute :-)

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  12. Wow - that is gorgeous and so clever... I love the two tone.

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  13. Thanks for the tip on how to do the two tone swirl! I'm so excited to try it out!

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  14. Beautiful blog!
    I loved : )

    /Fashion Bowie

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  15. I love a blog dedicated to cupcakes!!! Wish you were closer and I could somehow include your cupcakes in my clown parties... Cool, have followed along for you, check out (both) my blogs (I know CRAZY 2 new blogs for 2 new businesses) @ http://louandjane.blogspot.com/ and http://homemadeforkids.blogspot.com/ Have a lovely day, looking forward to more photos, Jane:)

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  16. Your cupcakes are SO pretty! I love the MacCakes...what a cute idea, and your little macs are perfect!

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  17. Ooh, these are beautiful. Your whole blog is just so gorgeous I want to eat it up. Maccakes are a great idea. I actually saw someone do mac-tartelettes this week too.

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  18. I love your two tone swirly piped frosting on those pretty little cakes. Very clever. Your leftovers are much better than any you could find in my kitchen. Great post!

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  19. I just had to add this to my blog!
    http://blowoutparty.com/blog/?p=297

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  20. I love a Mac topped cupcake, these look great x

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  21. These are so pretty! I'd love to try this! Thanks for sharing :)

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  22. Hi there, I love the two tone swirl. I just made cupcakes for my daughter's birthday with a pink and chocolate swirl. Thanks for the instructions! :)

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