Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Swiss Meringue Buttercream

So many great things have happened over the last couple weeks! Lots of opportunities and changes have popped up for me, and I think I’ve decided what I want to do! I love video games, I love computers, I love learning about new technology, so I’m going to college for computer programming so I can translate video games and/or code! Yay! I’m pretty excited. So I’ll be staying in Ottawa for the time being. Huzzah! (EDIT: I am no longer sure about my life decisions. A recent acceptance for a Master’s program has made me confused. I’ll keep you folks posted XD) But more about these cupcakes. I wanted to experiment more with swiss meringue buttercream, and boy oh boy was this buttercream amazing!

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Raspberry Dark Chocolate Macarons

Raspberry Dark Chocolate Macarons
Oh. My. Yes. I thought the salted caramel ones were good, but these were spectacular. A big thank you to Sarah who helped me make these! She helped me dye my hair (I had to redo the red cause it was fading) and then I paid her in macarons. SO DELICIOUS. This flavour combo reminds me of Cake Boss and how Buddy Valastro gets all stoked about his cakes with “chocolate ganache topped with fresh raspberries. Mm. Delicious.” Yes. Read that in a super NJ accent.

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