Tartlet is BACK!

As you hopefully know from following Tartlet on Facebook, I closed down my shop for the month of July. My boyfriend and I took a pretty long roadtrip/camping vacation the first couple of weeks of July, and when we got back I needed to focus on some house projects. But I have returned! Yay!

Allow me to bore you with vacation pictures for a moment :)

A beautiful lake in Nemo, South Dakota

Gorgeous view from Needles Highway in the Black Hills National Forest

Man and dog being scoundrels in Four Mile, South Dakota

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Shell Falls in Big Horn, Wyoming

I have many more, but I won't get too carried away. We had an amazing time, and I was also able to meet most of Kris's family (they live in Wyoming), which was great. 

BUT NOW I'M BACK! And baking with a vengeance. I have a couple of new items that I plan to put up in the Etsy shop in the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye out!!

Small update on working with Cafe Pascal: we are no longer working together because we had some differences of opinion on some issues. The main issue being he didn't want to pay me for my baked goods. Oh well... 

Sweet Mini Galettes!

Lately I've been really ruminating on TARTLETS. That's the name, I should probably be making those, yeah? I've had lots of ideas for tartlets, but have been struggling with the fact that pie dough is scary to me, and also I'm not entirely sure how to ship the things... BUT I have been inspired by galettes. Sort of tarts, right? A version of a tart? They are basically freeform crusty treat dealios. And you can kind of put anything you want in them. They can be either sweet or savory, but sweet's my bag, yo.

I just bought a great bunch of blueberries that I'm really wanting to put into some kind of baked good. Blueberries are my favorite fruit ever (followed closely by pineapple) and I want to use them as much as I can while they're still in season (done around the end of June, sad face).

So Mini Blueberry Galettes it is! I'm going to modify this recipe from Buttered Up. 

Image from Spoon Fork Bacon

I'm going to make some tonight. Hopefully I remember to take process pictures this time. Eep!

New things! New things!

Alright, I've finally gotten a couple new flavors of macarons that I will be putting up on Etsy this week. Last night (I think) I perfected a French Toast macaron. SO GOOD! It makes me want to grab some bacon and eggs to go with it. I'll also be putting up a Mint Chocolate option, as well as a Lavender Honey option. YUM!

Image from Milk Chai Honey

I'm also working on some mini upside down cakes in the following flavors:

Caramelized Banana
Glazed Pear
Blueberry Crumble

I've gotten some pretty great feedback on the banana ones so far, but I'm still testing the other two flavors. Hopefully they'll be up for sale soon!