tart

So I keep seeing these pinterest posts about these very prettied up tarts with icing and macaroons etc... and thought hey why not? And if they turn out good I can give one to my co worker who is always making me food lol

She's from Thailand and is super nice and always giving and I wanted to make something nice to give her in return..

I dont have the website i got the tart recipe from, pinterest wouldn't let me open it... one of the video pins...

But I made this in three parts starting with the tart obviously...

I didntI didn't have caster sugar, not even sure what that is, so I used regular sugar and creamed it together with the butter and vanilla extract.

then I added the flour...

now it's supposed to come together like a dough... and I dont know if it's because I used "not" caster sugar lol but mine just got crumbly...

And I mixed it for soo long and nothing happened, I decided to add some cold water just to see. I mean at this point what do I have to lose, right?

YAY! It worked!

I rolled them out and used one of my glasses to cut circles out that were all the same size in shape.

Put them in the oven, hoping they wouldn't spread.

The video I used didnt even give me a temp or time so I started at 350 for 10 mins... and I believe it took in the end about 25 mins.

They didn't spread! 

I felt very successful after making these. They ended up tasting like a sugar cookie and will definetly be my go to recipe from now on, even though they are tarts lol

Next step was the macaroon cookies that I wanted to make as decoration on top the tart.

only 2 ingredients sugar and egg whites. And whip it till stiff peaks..

oh and add your colouring, I did a pale blue.

Pipe them out and in the oven at 212 degrees for 1 hour, and yes the full hour lol I checked.... every 20 minutes just to make sure lol 

I did small rosettes and stars.

Third step and phew this is a lot of work! 

Icing...

I did a swiss meringue butter cream.. so you take the egg white and sugar over a double boiler until the sugar is melted 

then you whip it in a mixer for atleast 10 mins until it gets stiff, then add your butter in chunks one at a time until they are in incorporated

And add colouring... we want pretty remember? 

After you have all three parts assemble your tart...

and add the sprinkles!