French meringue

My first post regarding the recipes that I made at the baby shower party is about french meringue. I love them! They look absolutely adorable!

I remember how much I adored these sweet pieces of clouds when I was little. For a long period they were my favorites. My mom used to buy them for me and my sister and because they were coming in small pieces and different colors in the same bag, we were always fighting over the pink ones.

I knew from the beginning that I have to make french meringue for this baby shower. 
They are really easy to make and every loves them.

 Here is the recipe that I found and made for this occasion.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 egg whites
• 2 ¼ cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 150˚F*. Line two sheet pans with parchment paper. With a pen, trace around a small round object. Repeat tracing circles, leaving 1-inch in between, till parchment paper is filled. Repeat with second sheet pan. Set aside.

2. Place egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until light and foamy.

3. With mixer on low speed, very slowly add powdered sugar and vanilla. Once all sugar has been added, set speed at medium and beat for 20 minutes. Mixture will be very thin at first, but will get quite thick, smooth and satiny.

4. Spoon mixture into a decorating bag fitted with star tip

5. To pipe meringues: start in center of one circle and swirl outward in a circular motion till circle is filled with meringue. Repeat till all circles are filled. 

6. Bake for 2 hours or until meringues are crisp. Turn oven off and leave meringues in oven till completely cool. Remove from oven when cool .

7. At this point you can serve them like that or you can add some icing ( I used a purchased version with raspberry flavor) onto half of the cookies. Top with remaining cookies and compress gently till filling spreads to edges. Also, you can add some on icing on top, like I did, for extra color.

 Photos by Emi Trasnitu.

Baby shower - Surprise party

A few weeks ago I had to prepare some sweets for a friend's baby shower and I was super excited that I got this chance. Many thanks to our host Andreea from www.stylishdreams.com for organizing a great party that every enjoyed. Our friend Cristiana, the preggo girl, didn't have a clue about the party cause it was a surprise for her. She was over the moon all night :)

Here is a collage with all the sweets that I prepared.

Raspberry teddy bears

Chocolate candy melts

Vanilla cupcakes with butter cream and rum frosting 

French meringue with raspberry filling

So for this party I knew that I have to make all kind of pink sweets like cake pops, cupcakes, French meringue or candy melts. 

I had a lot of fun making all the goodies, but it took me some time. I started all the preparations a few days ahead.
Here you can enjoy the photos I've taken at my house before the party.
This week I'll post every recipe that I made for this baby shower. Hope I'll inspire you with them :)

Pink velvet cake balls

Pink velvet and vanilla cake pops

Here are some photos with the candy bar from the party.

Have a great week everybody and see you soon on the blog!