Two weeks ago in middle of moving boxes and only few hours before we started packing the kitchen, I decided to do one last batch of macarons, in that kitchen.

For the last 18 months that kitchen was the heart of our home, I spent there most of the time I’d be at home and naturally left it to be packed last.

Earlier that day I was removing a giant butterfly puzzle from one of the walls and got the idea to do butterfly shaped macarons.

This was a quick attempt on something I will work on more before a full post so this time I am just going to share some pictures and share the recipe for cardamom cream cheese frosting, that I used as filling in these macarons.

Cardamom Cream Cheese Frosting

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Servings	Prep Time
30macaron cookies	10minutes

Servings Prep Time 30macaron cookies 10minutes

Cardamom Cream Cheese Frosting 1 2 3 4 5 Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Servings Prep Time 30macaron cookies 10minutes Servings Prep Time 30macaron cookies 10minutes

Ingredients

• 125 grams Philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 25 grams unsalted butter softened
• 100 grams powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed cardamom seeds

Servings: macaron cookies

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

1. Place cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl and beat on medium low speed for a minute then sift in half of the powdered sugar and cardamom seeds, continue beating for 2 minutes then add remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth.

Recipe Notes

I made this for filling macarons, but it would be just as perfect for cupcakes or on a coffeecake.