Fancy French Macarons with Cherry Buttercream

Have you ever tried cherry extract? For the most part, I think it gets bad reviews and is compared to the flavor of cough medicine! For these French Macarons, I made an Italian Buttercream and flavored it with Washington Cherry flavor by Lorann Oils that I got from King Arthur Flour. It got good reviews on their site so I thought I would give it a try. I did like it and it's hard to describe the flavor. My daughter said that it smelled like bubblegum and it really does! Like cherry bubblegum!

It's a miracle that I got a decent shot at all today! The weather was hot and very very humid. I have to take photos outside on my deck because the lighting in my house is so bad. As soon as I stepped outside today, my camera and my glass dome both fogged up!! After I got that under control, it started to rain!!! Anyway, isn't that placecard in the photo beautiful?! I got it from a super cute shop on Etsy called Painted By Renee. She does custom orders and is very nice to work with!

It started raining before I could get a good shot of my Vintage Tablecloth. I will add that tomorrow. I love the bright pink roses and it's a linen weave, which I love!

Bright colors for a gray day!! Have a great one!