We’re celebrating our blog birthday in style with this DIY Macaron Cake…
Happy birthday to us! Okay, so technically our 4th blog birthday is tomorrow. But hey, I’m one of those “my birthday lasts an entire week” people!
So we got the party started a little early with this DIY Macaron Cake. It was only fitting with my macaron obsession, right?
Not only are we showing you how to make this super simple cake decoration, but you can also follow our recipe for how to make macarons the easy way!
Materials & Tools Needed To Make A Macaron Cake
Mini wooden dowels, toothpicks, or lollipop sticks
Assortment of macarons — Ours are from Tout Suite or you can easily make your own homemade macarons.
Plain iced cake — Ours if from Three Brother’s Bakery.
How To Make A DIY Macaron Cake
Decorating a cascading macaron cake HAS to be the simplest cake decor of all time that will still seriously impress your friends.
It looks much more involved than it really is, and all you need are mini dowels, a plain iced cake (ours is Three Brother’s Bakery if you’re in the Houston area!), and some macarons.
Starting at the top, stick a mini dowel into the cake leaving about 1/2 inch sticking out.
Then, place the macaron on top of the stick to secure it in place.
If you’re using a super delicate filling for the macaron, you can also gently place the dowel in the feet (cookie crust) of the macaron instead for the sides of the cake where they’ll really need to be held tight.
I definitely wouldn’t recommend moving the cake after the macarons are attached.
So if you’re planning to transport it at all, go ahead and remove the macarons just leaving the dowel rods in place.
And then reassemble on location for a quick setup!
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I love this so much! Thanks for the amazing idea, I’m sure to try it some time! (Happy late anniversary, if its not too late)
Happy Anniversary! Awesome. Awesome. Awesome!
Thank you! xo
This is just adorable! Such a great, and easy, idea!
Thanks Joelle!
I love this idea! Using the dowels is so clever! And adding macarons definitely makes for a beautiful cake.
Happy Anniversary! I just found your site today to boot!
Awesome!!
Beautiful, impressive and so simple. Love it!
It definitely looks far more impressive than it really is, doesn’t it?!
This is so gorgeous!