How to Make Faux Macarons

Macarons are notoriously difficult to make, so if you wish to decorate a cake with them without the fuss, try your hand at these much simpler faux ones instead!

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Macarons are notoriously difficult to make, so if you wish to decorate a cake with them without the fuss, try your hand at these much simpler faux ones instead!

You will need:
Edibles:	Equipment:
250g pale pink modelling paste 250g baby blue modelling paste 250g yellow modelling paste 250g mint green modelling paste 150g white sugarpaste edible glue	5cm (2in) circle cutter rolling pin knife Dresden tool clingfilm

1 Roll out the pastel coloured modelling paste to approximately 1cm thickness.
2 Cover the top of the modelling paste with clingfilm and press the circle cutter into the paste, this will give a rounded edge to the macaron shells. For this cake I made fourteen macarons (twenty-eight shells).
3 Use a Dresden tool to score a line approximately one third from the bottom of each macaron shell.
4 Use a Dresden tool to rough the edges of each shell to create the feet of the macarons.
5 Pinch out circles of white sugarpaste to create the macaron fillings. I like to keep these irregular for a more realistic look.
6 Assemble the macaron as shown, using edible glue if necessary.