I’m on a roll with project inspiration from Pinterest!

If you follow the Sweet Stylings account on Pinterest, you may have seen this cute and simple ombre macaron cake.

I don’t usually condone DIY projects for party hostesses as projects can sometimes be more stressful than fun, but this DIY macaron cake would be fairly easy to re-create for an intimate party like a baby shower or kid’s birthday (or, you know, an adult’s birthday!).

What you will need for this project is:

• cake with buttercream or fondant icing
• colourful macarons
• round, wood toothpicks (the flat ones break too easily)

1. Take your cake with buttercream icing and refrigerate or freeze it until the icing is stiff — it will be way easier to work with.
2. Estimate how many macarons you will need to make a “ring” around the cake — this will help you know if you can place the macarons side by side all the way around the cake, or if you have to leave some gaps between each macarons so that they are spaced out evenly around the cake.
3. Pierce a toothpick on an angle into the cake, near the bottom, until there is a small amount of toothpick left sticking out
4. Take a macaron and stick it onto the toothpick — make sure the toothpick does not pierce all the way through the macaron; you just want it to “hold” the macaron — until the macaron is flush with the icing so there is no gap. (This photo is for creating a macaron tower, but the same principle applies for this cake):



Photo credit: Merci New York

5. Repeat with more macarons until your cake is done!

This cake could also be made by simply sticking the macarons onto the sticky buttercream icing of the cake. However, I would add the toothpicks to secure the macarons so that they don’t simply slide off as the buttercream icing softens more throughout the party.

Let me know if any of you tackle this DIY macaron cake project, and feel free to share any tips you may have!

Tip: I strongly caution brides about DIY-ing a project such as a wedding cake or dessert for their own wedding simply because there are too many other items to deal with and the last thing brides need is to stress about their cake not being completed on time, or simply not turning out quite right. If you would love this style of cake for your wedding, I would suggest purchasing macarons and asking your cake maker to put the macarons on a simple cake for you!

Happy Pinning and creating,

Calgary Wedding Planner and Designer
Calgary Sweet Table Designer