Macarons part 7 - Ginger buttercream

In the quest for yet another unique but distinctive Macaron flavour, i have ventured on to ginger buttercream....Mmmmm...This was also due to my parents being around, and i knew my mom would like the flavour as firstly she loves ginger and secondly because it would not be as sweet as some of the other flavours.

Using the usual macaron recipe, i start off with preparing the macarons shells. In order to get a more intense ginger flavour, i added in 1/2tsp ground ginger, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1/4 tsp mixed spice to the macaron icing sugar and ground almond mixture (correspondingly, i reduced the amount of icing sugar to ensure the proportion of wet to dry ingredients remain the same).

Once all piped and at the resting stage, i start with the ginger buttercream.

I usually use this buttercream recipe:

170g slightly salted butter, softened
340g icing sugar, sifted
2 tbsp water
1 tsbp vanilla essence

To further enhance the flavour of the ginger, i also added in 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon and 1/2 tsp of mixed spice whilst reducing the proportionate amount of icing sugar.

Results:

Mmmmm.....