{"id":4014,"date":"2013-12-04T13:02:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T03:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/?p=4014"},"modified":"2016-06-23T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T04:03:56","slug":"christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-dessert-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-dessert-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree Cake Macaron Tower Dessert Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\" align=\"center\">\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nWqfaBURGSw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Instead of a simple Christmas tree cake, how about a tower of chocolate-coated macaroons in the shape of a tree! If you&#8217;re dreaming of a white christmas, this tree features macarons topped with brandy ganache, coated in white chocolate and finished with fresh raspberries and pistachio nuts. Pure indulgence.<\/p>\n<p>I made this one as a thank you gift for my 11-year-old son&#8217;s teacher, who told us a few days later that it was actually the best dessert he&#8217;d ever tasted.<\/p>\n<p>The recipe below makes two towers:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fn\"><strong>Macaron Shells<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>1 quantity of the <a title=\"Salted Caramel Macaron Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/salted-caramel-macaron-recipe\/\">macaron recipe<\/a>\u00a0for the shells, if you have not made macarons before then do watch the <a title=\"Macaron Recipe Troubleshooting FAQ Cracked, Flat, Lumpy,\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/macaron-recipe-faq-troubleshooting\/\">macaron FAQ video<\/a>\u00a0so that you can be sure to master them first time around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/macaron-tower-christmas-tree-cake.jpg\" alt=\"macaron piping template dessert recipe\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/macaron-tower-christmas-tree-cake.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/macaron-tower-christmas-tree-cake-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/macaron-tower-christmas-tree-cake-60x33.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/macaron-tower-christmas-tree-cake-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you pipe them in the size shown on this<strong><a title=\"macaron template\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mini_macaron_size_guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> macaron template<\/a> <\/strong>it will make approximately 150 shells.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/mini_macaron_size_guide.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower.jpg\" alt=\"christmas tree cake macaron tower dessert\" width=\"550\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-60x14.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-400x100.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandy Ganache Recipe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-amcaron-tower-reardon.jpg\" alt=\"brandy ganache recipe easy christmas dessert\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-amcaron-tower-reardon.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-amcaron-tower-reardon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-amcaron-tower-reardon-60x33.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-amcaron-tower-reardon-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ingredient\"><span class=\"amount\">440g (15.52 ounces)<\/span> <span class=\"name\">quality white chocolate<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n110millilitres (3.72 fluid ounces) or 1\/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp <a title=\"What cream should I use?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cream-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">cream<\/a><br \/>\n30millilitres (1.01 fluid ounces) or 2 Tbsp of brandy*<br \/>\n1 tsp vanilla extract<\/p>\n<p>*If you would prefer a different flavour of ganache see the <a title=\"Chocolate Truffles Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/chocolate-truffles-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">chocolate truffle recipe<\/a> post for lots of flavoured ganache recipes<\/p>\n<p>You will also need a piping bag and a star shaped tip 826, if you don&#8217;t have one you can use a ziplock bag to pipe instead, instructions for this are on the <a title=\"Caramel Cupcake Recipe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/caramel-cupcake-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">caramel cupcake recipe<\/a>\u00a0video.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cardboard cone that I made was 30cm (11.81 inches) tall and had a diameter of 9cm (3.54 inches) at the base. \u00a0It used 57 macaron truffles to cover it.<br \/>\nNon stick baking paper.<br \/>\n400g (14.11 ounces) white chocolate to dip the truffles<br \/>\n1 punnet of fresh raspberries<br \/>\nhandful pistachio nuts<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-ann-reardon.jpg\" alt=\"christmas tree cake macaron tower\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"updated\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">by Ann Reardon\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/howtocookthat.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Cook That<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"updated\">2013<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \n<h4 align=center>My Cookbook<\/h4>\n<p align=center>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/cook-crazy-sweet-creations-cookbook-ann-reardon\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/hardcover-book-mockup-of-a-woman-reading-3409-el1.png\" alt=\"ann reardon crazy sweet creations cookbook\" title=\"Crazy Sweet Creations Cookbook\" style=\"opacity: 0.8; -moz-opacity: 0.8;\" class=\"fade\" \/><\/a>\n<\/br>\nStores that sell my book listed by country:  \n<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/ARcookbook<\/a>\n<\/br>\nAll recipe quantities in the book are in grams, ounces and cups.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/christmas-tree-cake-macaron-tower-dessert-recipe\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-ann-reardon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"christmas tree cake macaron tower\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-ann-reardon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-ann-reardon-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/christmas-tree-cake-ann-reardon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-wp-pid=\"4016\" \/><\/a><p>Instead of a simple Christmas tree cake, how about a tower of chocolate-coated macaroons in the shape of a tree! If you&#8217;re dreaming of a white christmas, this tree features macarons topped with brandy ganache, coated in white chocolate and finished with fresh raspberries and pistachio nuts. Pure indulgence. I made this one as a thank you gift for my 11-year-old son&#8217;s teacher, who told us a few days later that it was actually the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1654,142,145,150],"tags":[31,522,46,26,20,1628,1627,1601,952,163,559,762,1071,174,981],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4014"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26132,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4014\/revisions\/26132"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocookthat.net\/public_html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}