7 Sauce Ideas for Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a versatile side dish or main course you can coat in sesame orange sauce, lemon garlic yogurt sauce, or drizzle creamy cheese sauce over.

For more of a savory sauce, you can toss your roasted cauliflower with garlic and ginger sauce, or maple siracha sauce.

Sauce recipe ideas for Cauliflower

Yogurt Sauce

Yogurt sauce served over roasted cauliflower is a thick, citrusy flavored sauce.

Greek yogurt is mixed together with freshly squeezed lemon juice and a couple of minced garlic cloves.

After cauliflower is finished baking in the oven, drizzle yogurt sauce over cauliflower and enjoy!

yogurt Sauce for Cauliflower

Tahini Sauce

Tahini sauce is a sesame flavored sauce with a hint of paprika for baked cauliflower.

Tahini sauce is made by heating olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat, with a few minced garlic cloves.

After garlic has infused into olive oil, it is removed from the heat source. Tahini, fresh lemon juice, paprika, cayenne pepper, salt and pepper are whisked into the sauce. Add a little water to thin it out if desired.

Pour tahini sauce over cooked cauliflower, and garnish with a bit of paprika.

Cheddar Cheese Sauce

Cheddar cheese sauce is a thick, cheese flavored sauce for cauliflower.

Shredded cheddar cheese is heated in a saucepan over low to medium heat with milk, cornstarch, garlic powder, pepper and paprika, and whisked together until smooth.

Once cauliflower is finished baking in the oven, drizzle cheese sauce over cauliflower and enjoy!

cheddar cheese Sauce for Cauliflower

Cashew Garlic Tahini Sauce

Cashew garlic tahini sauce is a nutty sauce for cauliflower.

Cashews are soaked to soften the nuts to make them easier for blending.

Softened cashews are blended in a food processor with tahini and roasted garlic until sauce is smooth, adding water periodically.

Drizzle cashew garlic tahini sauce over cooked cauliflower, and garnish with fresh pomegranate needs, and cilantro leaves.

Sesame Orange Sauce

Sesame orange sauce is a warm citrusy sauce for cauliflower.

Sesame orange sauce is made by combining freshly squeezed orange juice, honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, minced garlic, cornstarch, ginger, and a little sriracha in a saucepan over medium heat.

Cornstarch will thicken the sauce after a few minutes, and then it can be tossed with baked cauliflower.

Sprinkle a few sesame seeds over the dish when you’re ready to serve.

sesame orange sauce for cauliflower

Garlic and Ginger Sauce

Garlic and ginger sauce is a savory sauce for fried cauliflower.

To make the sauce, vegetable oil, grated ginger, minced garlic, chili flakes, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and water are combined in a saucepan over medium heat.

When the cauliflower sauce begins to boil, cornstarch and water are mixed together and added to to the sauce.

Cornstarch will thicken the sauce after a couple of minutes.

Once the sauce is finished cooking, it can be tossed with deep fried cauliflower.

Garnish with a few chopped green onions and sesame seeds.

garlic and ginger Sauce for Cauliflower

Maple Sriracha Sauce

Maple siracha sauce is a sweet and spicy sauce for roasted cauliflower. The sauce is actually made beforehand, and then drizzle on the cauliflower prior to baking it in the oven.

Olive oil is mixed together with sriracha sauce, maple syrup, and a little salt and pepper.

Coat cauliflower pieces in sauce, and bake in the oven until cauliflower is fork tender and golden brown.

15 Cream Filling Ideas for Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is a sweet, rich sponge cake that you can fill with creamy fillings like coffee pastry cream, banana custard, raspberry mousse, orange or mint infused whipped cream that will mesmorize your taste buds!

Chocolate cake can be an overpowering flavor, therefore it’s best if you choose a strong flavored filling to balance out the flavors.

Cream Filling ideas for Chocolate Cake

Espresso Mousse

Espresso mousse is a rich, coffee flavored chocolate cake filling.

Espresso mousse has a base of melted white chocolate infused into heavy cream.

Freshly brewed espresso is whipped into white chocolate mousse, giving it a light coffee flavor.

Espresso mousse is pipeable, and will create delicate designs using the star tip as shown below.

cream filling ideas for chocolate cake

Orange Whipped Cream

Orange cream is a refreshing, citrusy cream filling that compliments chocolate cake well.

Softened cream cheese and heavy cream are beaten together to form the base of the cake filling.

Freshly squeezed orange juice, and orange zest are added to the whipped cream to infuse the invigorating orange flavor for the cake filling.

Orange whipped cream is a thick, creamy, citrusy filling for cakes.

Raspberry Mousse

Raspberry mousse is a fruity, light mousse that pairs well with chocolate cake.

Raspberry mousse is thick and firm, yet easily spreadable. Raspberry mousse holds it shape well, and looks vibrantly pink in between layers of chocolate cake.

Raspberry mousse is made by heating raspberries in a saucepan and adding sugar and water.

This creates a raspberry sauce.

The raspberry sauce is strained to remove the seeds of the raspberries, and only have the infused raspberry sauce left.

The gelatin is added to create a thickened texture.

The raspberry sauce is then adding to folded stiff peaks whipped cream and chilled to create a decadent raspberry mousse.

You can even opt for vegan raspberry mousse which involves using coconut milk instead of whipped cream.

raspberry mousse Cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Hazelnut Praline Cream

Hazelnut praline cream is a nutty, creamy filling for chocolate cake or vanilla cake.

Milk is heated in a saucepan over medium heat.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, and flour are whisked together.

Just before the milk begins to boil, temper the eggs by whisking the hot milk vigorously so as to not cook the eggs!!

After all of the milk has been added to the eggs, place the entire mixture back into the saucepan, and whisk until the custard has thickened.

Remove the custard from the heat source, and place a couple of cubes of butter in. Whisk until the butter has completely mixed into the custard. Cool the custard to room temperature.

Using a hand mixture, beat butter in a large bowl. Add hazelnut praline paste and beat together. Add in pastry cream slowly and beat into the butter hazelnut mixture.

Chill hazelnut praline cream prior to using it to assemble your cake.

hazelnut praline Cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Coffee Pastry Cream

Coffee pastry cream is a delicious espresso flavored cake filling that you can use in between layers of rich chocolate cake.

Half and half is heated in a saucepan with espresso powder to infuse the coffee flavor.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks, sugar, salt and cornstarch are whisked together.

Temper the eggs by added the hot half and half to the eggs slowly, and whisking vigorously.

Once all of the half and half is added to the eggs, place the entire mixture back in the saucepan and heat on medium heat.

Thicken the mixture until it becomes custard consistency. You’ll feel the resistance when the cornstarch becomes activated.

After the custard has thickened, it is removed from the heat source. Cubes of butter and vanilla bean paste are whisked in to finish off the coffee pastry cream cake filling.

Chill the pastry cream, and then it’ll be ready for you to assemble your cake.

coffee pastry cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Banana Custard

Banana pastry cream is a light custard filling you can use in between layers of creamy chocolate cake.

Milk is heated in a saucepan over medium heat until just before it begins to boil. Granulated sugar is added to the saucepan and set to low heat.

In another bowl, granulated sugar is whisked together with cornstarch and egg yolks.

Temper the eggs by slowly adding the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture and whisk vigorously.

Once all of the milk has been added to the eggs, it’s placed back into the saucepan and heated until the custard begins to thicken.

Banana cream is removed from the heat source, and then cubes of butter are melted into the custard.

Vanilla extract and mashed banana are whisked into the banana pastry cream and then it is set to cool.

Chill banana pastry cream in the fridge until you’re ready to assemble you cake.

Caramel Pastry Cream

Caramel pastry cream is a sweet custard with a hint of vanilla aroma.

Caramel is made by cooking sugar in a saucepan until it turns a golden amber color.

Caramel sauce is then infused into pastry cream to create this luscious custard filling for chocolate cake.

caramel pastry cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Mint Whipped Cream

Mint whipped cream pairs well in between layers of chocolate cake.

Heavy cream is whipped until soft peaks form. Powdered sugar is added and whipped together until stiff peaks form.

Peppermint extract and green food coloring is added at the end to flavor this minty, creamy cake filling. You could even added chocolate chips and fold them into the cream if desired.

Chocolate Pastry Cream

Chocolate pastry cream is a luscious, chocolate filling for chocolate cake.

Chocolate pastry cream is made heating milk with vanilla paste in a saucepan on low heat.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks are whisked together with sugar and cornstarch.

Temper the eggs by pouring the hot milk into the eggs slowly, and whisking vigorously. You do not want to cook the eggs!

Once all of the milk has been added to the eggs, place the entire mixture back in the saucepan, and heat on low heat to thicken the custard.

After the custard has thickened, add chopped dark chocolate to the custard.

Whisk until the chocolate completely melts into the pastry cream. Let the custard cool, and then chill in the fridge until you’re ready to assemble your cake.

chocolate pastry cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Irish Cream Filling

Irish cream cake filling has a hint of whiskey flavor infused into whipped cream.

Whipped cream is beaten until soft peaks form. Powdered sugar is added and beaten into the whipped cream for a sweetened cake filling.

Irish cream is slowly added to the whipped cream. Taste test to see how you like the flavor before adding more.

When the Irish cream filling becomes a frosting consistency, you can use it to fill in between cake layers, and frost the outside of your cake.

Mascarpone Filling

Mascarpone filling is a thick, tangy filling for cakes.

Mascarpone filling pairs well with compote or raspberry puree for a double cake filling in between layers of chocolate cake.

Heavy cream is whipped together with icing sugar and vanilla extract until soft peaks form.

Mascarpone cheese is added into the cake filling, and whipped until stiff peaks form.

Mascarpone filling is ready to use to assemble your cake, or you can chill it until you’re ready to use it.

Dulce de Leche Cream

Dulce de leche cream is a caramel flavored whipped cream.

Dulce de leche is added to whipped butter to make the base of the cream.

Whipped cream is whipped until soft peaks form, and then is folded into the dulce de leche butter mixture.

Dulce de leche cream is a caramel cream filling you can use on chocolate cake.

dulche de leche Cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

Blackberry Mousse

Blackberry mousse is a light fruity mousse that goes well in between layers of chocolate cake. .

Blackberry mousse is made by adding pureed blackberries and hot water in a blender and mixing together.

The blackberries must be strained and then the remaining blackberry sauce is cooked to thicken it into a puree.

Gelatin is bloomed in a bit of water, and microwaved together.

Heated gelatin is added to blackberry puree and and whisked together.

In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, heavy cream is whipped with vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.

Fold blackberry puree with gelatin into the whipped cream and chill until you’re ready to serve.

Whipped Cream

Whipped cream is a thick, creamy filling for cakes. Typically whipped cream is one of cake fillings, and is paired with a syrup or fruity filling as well.

For example, black forest cake has a whipped cream filling, and a cherry filling in between the cake layers.

Honey Mousse

Honey mousse is a sweetened creamy filling for chocolate cake.

Honey mousse is made by mixing butter, egg yolks, honey, and white chocolate over medium heat in a saucepan. After the chocolate has completely melted, it is placed in a heat proof bowl.

Bloomed gelatin is warmed, and then slowly whisked into the honey mixture, and then it is let to cool to room temperature.

Heavy cream is beat until soft peaks form, and then it’s folded into the honey chocolate mixture.

Egg whites are beaten until soft peaks form, and then folded into the honey cream mixture to make honey mousse.

Honey mousse needs to chill for a few hours prior to serving.

Once combined and thickened, the rest of the whipping cream and be beaten until stiff peaks form and folded into the honey mixture to create honey mousse.

honey mousse Cream Filling for Chocolate Cake

10 Custard Flavor Ideas

Custard is a rich, creamy dessert you can use to create bakery worthy desserts.

Custard can be used to make mille feuille, as a base for creme brulee, or as a filling for eclairs, tarts, croissants, and cakes.

custard flavor recipe ideas

Lemon

Lemon custard is a light and citrusy custard.

Lemon pastry cream is made by heating milk and lemon peel in a medium saucepan until just before it begins to boil.

The milk is removed from the heat source, and let to sit and infuse the lemon flavor into the milk.

An egg is whisked together with a couple of egg yolks and sugar, along with cornstarch and salt.

Lemon peel is removed from the warm milk, and then the eggs are tempered with the lemon infused milk.

After the milk has been added to the eggs, the entire mixture is placed back in the saucepan and heated on medium heat.

Lemon pastry cream will thicken, and then then it can be removed from the heat source. Add a couple of cubes of butter, and whisk in until they have completely melted.

Chill lemon pastry cream in the fridge for a few hours prior to using.

lemon custard flavor ideas

Coffee

Coffee custard has a powerful creamy espresso flavor.

Half and half is heated in a saucepan with espresso powder to infuse the coffee flavor.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks, sugar, salt and cornstarch are whisked together.

Temper the eggs by added the hot half and half to the eggs slowly, and whisking vigorously.

Once all of the half and half is added to the eggs, place the entire mixture back in the saucepan and heat on medium heat.

Thicken the mixture until it becomes custard consistency. You’ll feel the resistance when the cornstarch becomes activated.

After the custard has thickened, it is removed from the heat source. Cubes of butter and vanilla bean paste are whisked in to finish off the coffee custard.

Chill the custard for a few hours prior to using.

coffee custard flavor ideas

Pistachio

Pistachio custard is a creamy and nutty custard.

Milk is heated in a saucepan with granulated sugar over medium heat.

In a separate bowl, more granulated sugar is whisked together with corn flour, along egg yolks.

Warm milk is slowly poured over the egg yolks and whisked together vigorously to temper the eggs.

After all of the heated milk has been added to the egg yolks, the entire mixture is returned to saucepan over medium heat to thicken.

Custard is removed from the heat source, and a few cubes of butter are whisked into the custard for a buttery finish.

Pistachio paste is mixed into the custard creating pistachio custard. Chill pistachio custard in the fridge for a few hours before using.

Banana Custard

Banana pastry cream is a light custard filling.

Milk is heated in a saucepan over medium heat until just before it begins to boil. Granulated sugar is added to the saucepan and set to low heat.

In another bowl, granulated sugar is whisked together with cornstarch and egg yolks.

Temper the eggs by slowly adding the hot milk to the egg yolk mixture and whisk vigorously.

Once all of the milk has been added to the eggs, it’s placed back into the saucepan and heated until the custard begins to thicken.

Banana cream is removed from the heat source, and then cubes of butter are melted into the custard.

Vanilla extract and mashed banana are whisked into the banana pastry cream and then it is set to cool.

Chill banana pastry cream in the fridge for a couple of hours prior to using.

Caramel

Caramel custard is a sweet custard with a hint of vanilla aroma.

Caramel sauce is made by cooking sugar in a saucepan until it turns a golden amber color.

Milk, granulated sugar, and a split vanilla bean are heated in a saucepan over low-medium heat.

Milk is added to the caramel sauce and whisked together.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks, eggs, and granulated sugar are whisked together along with a bit of cornstarch.

Caramel milk mixture is slowly added to the eggs to temper the eggs.

After the caramel milk is completely mixed into the eggs, the entire egg mixture is poured back into the saucepan and heated on medium until it begins to thicken.

After caramel custard has thickened, it’s cooled to room temperature, and chilled for a few hours.

caramel custard flavor

Vanilla Bean

Vanilla bean custard has a lovely vanilla aroma, and is thick enough to be used for fancy desserts like mille feuille, or vanilla custard filled croissants.

Milk is heated in a saucepan over medium heat with vanilla paste or a vanilla pod (sliced in half and seeds placed into the saucepan).

In a separate bowl, egg yolks and granulated sugar are whisked together with cornstarch.

Just before the milk begins to boil, slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture to temper the eggs.

Whisk milk vigorously so the eggs do not cook!!

After the milk has been completely mixed into the eggs, place the entire mixture back into the saucepan and heat on medium heat.

Whisk vanilla pastry cream as it begins to thicken.

Remove it from the heat source and let it cool. Place it in the fridge to chill for a couple of hours to chill.

vanilla custard flavor ideas and recipes

Chocolate

Chocolate custard is a luscious custard full of creamy chocolate flavor.

Chocolate pastry cream is made heating milk with vanilla paste in a saucepan on low heat.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks are whisked together with sugar and cornstarch.

Temper the eggs by pouring the hot milk into the eggs slowly, and whisking vigorously. You do not want to cook the eggs!

Once all of the milk has been added to the eggs, place the entire mixture back in the saucepan, and heat on low heat to thicken the custard.

After the custard has thickened, add chopped dark chocolate to the custard.

Whisk until the chocolate completely melts into the pastry cream.

Let the custard cool, and then chill in the fridge.

chocolate custard flavor

Mocha

Mocha custard is a chocolate and espresso flavored custard.

Mocha custard is made by adding espresso powder to your milk when making the custard base.

Once you have created your custard base by tempering your eggs and thickening the custard, the custard is removed from the heat source.

Butter and dark chocolate are added and mixed into the espresso custard.

When the butter and dark chocolate have fully melted and combined into your mocha pastry cream, let it cool.

Chill the mocha custard for a couple of hours prior to using.

mocha custard flavor ideas

Hibiscus

Hibiscus custard is a floral, and sweet custard.

Hibiscus custard is made by adding dried hibiscus, milk, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest in a saucepan until milk begins to simmer.

In another heat proof bowl, egg yolks, sugar, and flour is whisked together.

Temper the eggs by slowly adding the warmed milk mixture to the eggs and whisking vigorously until all of the milk is mixed in.

Add the tempered egg and milk mixture back to the saucepan and cook until the custard thickens up. It should be a pudding consistency.

Strain the mixture, and cover it in plastic wrap.

Let it cool, and refrigerate hibiscus custard for a couple of hours.

Lime

Lime custard is a tart and citrusy custard,

Lime custard is made by heating together granulated sugar, cornstarch, freshly grated lime zest, lime juice, egg yolks and water in a saucepan over medium heat.

Lime custard needs to be whisked together until it comes to a boil. Butter is immediately added, and whisked into the custard, and then it is removed from the heat source.

Let the custard cool, and then place it in the fridge for a couple of hours to chill.

lime custard flavor ideas

11 Rose Flavored Dessert Ideas

Rose flavored desserts are made using rosewater, rose essence, rose syrup, and dried roses.

Rose desserts have a sweet floral aroma to them.

You can make white chocolate rose macarons, rose mousse, rose and raspberry cream puffs, rose ice cream, rose shortbread cookies, peach rose cupcakes, and more!

Rose Flavored Dessert ideas

White Chocolate Rose Macarons

White chocolate rose macarons are made by adding vanilla bean paste to the macaron shell batter.

For a bit of added decoration, you can add dried rose petals to the top of the macaron shells, right after piping them. They will make your macarons looked eye catching with it’s textured look.

The filling is made by adding rose water, and melted white chocolate to a buttercream base frosting.

To decorate the macarons, you can add a little more melted white chocolate and streak it on the top of the macaron shells. You can add a few more dried rose petals or sprinkles that will stick onto the melted white chocolate.

Rose Flavored cookie Desserts

Raspberry Rose Lychee Croissants

Raspberry rose lychee croissants are filled with a burst of fruit flavored.

The croissants are cut in half horizontally, and then spread with a thick layer of raspberry compote.

The croissant is sandwiched together, then a thin layer of lychee syrup is lathered on the top of the croissant.

To finish it off, the croissants are garnished with a few pieces of dried rose petals and freeze dried raspberries that will stick to the lychee syrup.

Raspberry rose lychee croissants have a beautiful pink coloring to them.

Rose Ice Cream

Rose ice cream is an invigorating, creamy ice cream with a hint of rose flavor.

Rose water is added to a simple vanilla ice cream base to infuse rose flavor into the cream base.

Rose water has a concentrated flavor, therefore it’s added slowly, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the flavoring is just right for your liking.

Rose ice cream has a few drops of pink food coloring added to a light pink coloring to the ice cream.

Rose Flavored ice cream Desserts

Rose Milk Mousse

Rose milk mousse is a creamy, floral flavored mousse with a vibrant pink color.

Rose milk mousse is made by whipping heavy cream and vanilla extract for a lovely vanilla aroma undertone to the mousse.

Rose syrup is added to the whipped heavy cream, along with melted white chocolate. Gently the mousse is whipped together, and placed in the fridge until ready to serve.

Rose Flavored mousse Desserts

Garnish rose milk mousse dessert with pistachio flakes and dried rose petals.

Rose Shortbread Cookies

Rose shortbread cookies are buttery cookies, with a few beautiful dried rose petals sprinkled on top.

Rosewater and a few dried rose petals are infused into shortbread dough, and then they are cut into shapes and baked in the oven.

After rose shortbread cookies have cooled, the cookie is dipped into white chocolate.

A few chopped pistachios and dried rose petals are sprinkled onto the white chocolate, and then set in the freezer for a couple of minutes.

Rose Cheesecake Truffles

Rose cheesecake truffles are a rich, chocolatey dessert with hints of coconut.

Digestive cookies are blended in a food processor until they become course cookie crumbs.

Softened cream cheese, icing sugar, almond flour, rose syrup, cardamom, and vanilla extract are added to the food processor and blended together to create the truffle base.

Truffles are rolled into small balls from the truffle batter, and then they are coated in desiccated coconut and dried rose petals.

Rose cheesecake truffles are refrigerated until ready to serve.

Rosewater Cream Puffs

Rosewater cream puffs are a light, airy rose dessert.

Cream puffs are made using choux dough, and they are baked in the oven and let to cool.

Rosewater cream puff filling is made by whipping heavy cream with rosewater and granulated sugar until stiff peaks form.

Each cream puff is cut in half, and then rosewater cream filling is spooned onto the bottom part of the cream puff.

The top of the cream puff is gently placed on the filling like a sandwhich.

Sugared petals are assembled onto the top of the cream puffs as a beautiful, floral garnish.

Rose Blossom Panna Cotta Tart

Rose blossom panna cotta tart is a 3 layer rose dessert.

The bottom of the tart is an almond-maple syrup buttery crust.

The filling of the rose tart is made by heating up white chocolate with coconut cream and rosewater essence.

At the end of the cooking process, agar-agar is added to thicken the filling. Rosewater filling is poured over the almond crust and set to cool.

The top of the tart is a rose jelly made with rose petals. Rose jelly is poured overtop of the coconut filling, and then placed in the fridge to set.

Peach Rose Cupcakes

Peach rose cupcakes are a sweet, fruity cupcake with a hint of rose undertones.

Rosewater is added to a cupcake base to infuse the aroma of roses into fluffy cupcakes.

Each of the cupcakes is cored, and then peach filling is spooned into the center of the cupcakes.

Peach puree is infused into buttercream frosting, and then piped onto the rose cupcakes.

Garnish each peach rose cupcake with a fresh peach slice, and a few rose petals.

Rose Flavored cupcake Desserts

Raspberry and Rose Chouxnuts

Raspberry and rose chouxnuts are donuts made using choux pastry. Choux pastry is a light, airy pastry used in eclairs or cream puffs.

Choux pastry is piped into rings, and then baked in the oven until golden brown.

Raspberry and rose crème patissière filling for chouxnuts is made by heating milk in a saucepan on medium heat with a few freeze dried raspberries.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks, corn flour, and granulated sugar are whisked together.

Hot milk with raspberries is slowly poured and whisked into the egg yolk mixture to temper the eggs.

After all of the milk has been added to the eggs, the entire mixture is returned to the saucepan and heated again on medium until it thickens.

Once it thickens, it is strained and a few cubes of butter are whisked into the crème patissière, along with rosewater extract.

Raspberry and rose crème patissière is piped into the side of the choux pastry to completely fill the chouxnut.

Chouxnuts are dipped into a rose sugar glaze, and then a couple of freeze dried raspberries and dried rose petals are sprinkled on top.

Rose Marshmallows

Rose marshmallows are floral flavored gooey dessert marshmallows.

In a saucepan over medium heat, corn syrup, granulated sugar and water are heated until 240 degrees F (firm ball on the candy thermometer).

Gelatin is whisked together with water, and then the corn syrup mixture is whisked into the gelatin and beat together for about 10 minutes.

Rose water extract is added to the marshmallow base, and then it’s poured into a prepared pan.

Dried rose petals are sprinkled on top of the marshmallows, and then let it sit overnight.

How to Eat Celery

Celery is a crunchy vegetable you can use in soups, salads, stir fry’s, or for stuffing and dipping.

Celery sticks have a curved well inside them, so you can easily fill it with avocado, peanut butter, or buffalo chicken cream cheese for an easy snack.

Celery has a strong structure to it so you can also use it for dipping into almond butter, cucumber and dill dip, hummus, or a cheese ball.

How to Eat Celery

Stuffed

Celery sticks are prepared by removing one stock from the bunch of celery.

The white part on the bottom of the stock is cut off, as well as the top of the stock so there is only the green curved portion of celery left.

Celery stocks can be cut into 2-3 pieces, and then you can prepare the filling.

How to Eat Celery with cream cheese

Softened cream cheese works well for spreading inside celery sticks.

You can infuse cream cheese with herbs and spices to create savory appetizers or snacks.

How to Eat stuffed Celery

You can make stuffed celery sticks with tuna salad, pimento cheese, mashed avocado, hummus, or egg salad for a quick lunch, with a crunchy finish.

How to Eat stuffed Celery recipes

Dipped

Celery works well for dipping into savory appetizers like garlic blue cheese dip, bruschetta baked brie, or cucumber and dill dip.

Celery sticks can be prepared to be about 2-3″ long for appetizers, or a simple snack.

sweet Stuffed Celery Filling

One of the most renowned dipping sauces for celery is ranch dipping sauce. It’s creamy and tangy base makes it irresistible for dipping celery into.

what to dip with celery sticks

Pasta Salad

If you’re preparing a pasta salad, celery can be sliced thinly or diced, and then added into pasta salad.

Celery adds a sweet flavor, crunchy texture, and a pop of color to pasta salad.

Celery goes well with pasta salads that include grapes, or nuts.

Soup

Celery plays a critical role in soup.

Celery adds a sweet, pungent flavor to soup broth. You can cook whole celery stocks in soup broth to make a flavorful, savory broth for the base of soup such as turkey soup.

Typically celery is also cooked along with carrots to make the soup broth have a full body of flavor.

Diced celery is also added to soups for a little bit of softened texture as it cooks into the soup.

How to Eat Celery in soup

Stir Fry

Celery is typically added to stir fry’s to add a crispy texture along with other vegetables such as peppers, or carrots.

Celery can be cut on a diagonal, to create large pieces for stir fry.

Celery is full of water, therefore it barely takes any time at all to cook celery in a stir fry.

It will typically be added at the end of cooking stir fry so it’s not overdone.

Celery pairs well with soy sauce or fish sauce in stir fry’s.

How to Eat Celery in stir fry's

Salad

Diced celery can be added to salads for an added crunch and mild flavor in salads.

Celery goes well with red onions, apples, nuts, and carrots in salad.

It’s best to add celery in salads with a creamy salad dressing, and not with vinegar salad dressing.

How to Eat Celery in salads

9 Lavender Dessert Ideas

Lavender desserts have sweet culinary lavender added for an alluring flavor to your favorite desserts.

You can add lavender to vanilla grey ice cream, lemon bars, creme brulee, shortbread cookie, cheesecake, and more!

lemon Lavender Dessert idea

Vanilla Earl Grey Lavender Ice Cream

Vanilla earl grey lavender ice cream

Vanilla earl grey lavender ice cream is a creamy tea flavored ice cream with a hint of vanilla.

The ice cream base is made by tempering eggs to make it have a rich flavoring.

Earl grey is steeped into the milk while making the base of the ice cream to add the tea flavor.

Lavender is added to infuse the ice cream with a earthy lavender taste.

ice cream Lavender Dessert

Lavender Lemon Bars

Lavender lemon bars have a sweet lavender flavor infused into citrus lemon bars.

Lavender sugar is made by pulsing lavender in a food processor, and then adding granulated sugar and blending them together.

Lavender sugar is used to make a buttery shortbread crust for the lemon bars.

After the shortbread crust has baked in the oven, the lemon filling is made.

Lavender lemon filling is made by adding more lavender sugar to eggs, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, and flour and whisking it together. Lemon filling is poured onto the shortbread crust, and baked in the oven.

Garnish with dusted powdered sugar and a few lavender buds.

Earl Grey Lavender Cupcakes

Earl grey lavender cupcakes are an earthy, tea flavored cupcake.

Earl grey is infused into warm milk to flavor the cupcakes with. The contents of a couple earl grey tea bags are emptied into the batter as well to flavor the cupcakes.

The frosting is a lavender buttercream frosting made by adding culinary lavender to a vanilla buttercream frosting.

A little blue and pink liquid food coloring is added to the buttercream to create a vibrant purple colored frosting for the cupcakes.

Lavender Creme Brulee

Lavender creme brulee has a hint of earthy lavender flavor in sweet vanilla custard.

Heavy cream is heated with culinary lavender in a saucepan over medium heat to steep lavender flavor into cream base for creme brulee.

In a separate bowl, egg yolks and granulated sugar are whisked together.

Hot heavy cream is slowly added to the egg yolk mixture and whisked until fully combined.

Vanilla extract is added to make vanilla lavender creme brulee custard.

Creme brulee is placed into ramekins, and then baked in the oven until the custard sets.

Custard is chilled in the fridge, and then when it’s ready to serve, a couple of tablespoons of sugar is sprinkled on top.

Using a torch, the sugar is melted into a hardened caramel layer.

lavender creme brulee dessert

Lavender Shortbread Cookies

Lavender shortbread cookies have a hint of an earthy lavender flavor.

Lavender cookies are a unique flavor that are more of a specialty cookie.

Lavender shortbread cookies are made by using a mortar and pestle to grind up culinary lavender into a powder.

By grinding up the lavender, this creates the aroma of lavender to be infused into the shortbread cookies

Honey Lavender White Chocolate Truffles

Honey lavender white chocolate truffles are luscious, creamy truffles with a hint of lavender.

Heavy cream is heated with culinary lavender to infuse lavender flavor into the cream.

Lavender is steeped for a couple of minutes, and then removed from the cream.

Heated lavender infused heavy cream is poured over white chocolate and whisked together with a bit of honey.

Vibrant purple food coloring is added to the chocolate mixture to give the center of the truffle a beautiful purple color.

Chocolate mixture is poured into a pan, and then refrigerated until it sets.

A melon baller is used to scoop lavender chocolate truffles, and then its rolled into a ball using powdered sugar coated hands.

Each of the truffles are frozen, and then dipped into melted white chocolate to coat.

Lavender white chocolate truffles are placed on a pan to let the chocolate solidify, and then they can be served.

Lavender Macarons

Lavender macarons are made by adding ground up dried lavender to macaron batter.

The filling is a honey buttercream frosting.

You can add more ground up dried lavender to the honey buttercream if you want even more lavender flavor in your lavender macarons.

lavender macaron dessert cookies

Honey Lavender Cheesecake

Honey lavender cheesecake is a creamy, sweet cheesecake with a lovely lavender flavoring.

Honey lavender cheesecake is made with a graham cracker crust on the bottom.

Lavender extract and honey are added to a vanilla cheesecake base, along with a few drops of purple food coloring.

Lavender cheesecake is baked in the oven in a water bath.

After it has come out of the oven, cheesecake is cooled, and chilled in the fridge.

Sour cream, honey, vanilla extract and powdered sugar are mixed together, and spread on top of the cooled cheesecake for a sweet topping.

Lavender lemon cake with white chocolate buttercream

Lavender cake is made by adding culinary lavender to a vanilla buttermilk cake base.

Lemon curd fills the layers of the cake. The white chocolate buttercream is made by adding melted vanilla chocolate to a buttercream base.

This frosting covers the lavender lemon cake, making it very flavorful and light.

12 Stuffed Celery Filling Ideas

Celery sticks can be stuffed with savory and sweet fillings for an appetizer or quick snack.

You can fill celery sticks with sweet fillings such as peanut butter, almond butter, and hazelnut spread.

Celery sticks can be filled with savory fillings like buffalo chicken, bacon and cheddar, everything bagel, and more!

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Stuffed Celery Filling ideas

Bacon and Cheddar

Bacon cheddar celery is a creamy, spicy stuffed celery snack.

To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer.

Crispy bacon bits, shredded cheddar cheese, chives, hot sauce, parsley, salt, and pepper are added to the cream cheese, and whipped together with the hand mixer.

Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.

To assemble the appetizer, spoon the filling into the celery sticks.

Garnish with a few chives, and bacon bits on top.

savory cream cheese Stuffed Celery Fillings

Buffalo Chicken

Buffalo chicken stuffed celery sticks are a creamy, spicy celery snack you can make ahead of time, and place it in the fridge until you’re ready to serve it.

Cooked shredded chicken is mixed with softened cream cheese, buffalo sauce, ranch dressing, diced onion, and garlic powder.

Each of the celery sticks is cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.

Spoon the buffalo cream cheese mixture into each of the celery sticks.

You can serve them right away, or cover and place it in the fridge and serve when you’re ready.

Everything Bagel

Everything bagel celery sticks are stuffed with cream cheese infused with everything bagel spices.

To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer.

Poppy seeds, white and black sesame seeds, dried minced garlic, dried minced onion, and sea salt are added to the cream cheese and mixed with the hand mixer.

Cut the celery into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.

Spoon the cream cheese filling into the celery sticks, and serve.

cream cheese Stuffed Celery Filling ideas

Tuna Salad

Tuna salad celery sticks is a creamy, and tart filling for celery.

Tuna is mixed together with mayo, sweet relish, chopped cilantro leaves, salt and pepper.

Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces.

Tuna salad is spooned into the celery sticks, and can be served immediately.

Avocado

Avocado stuffed celery sticks are made by mashing avocados to create the base of the filling.

Fresh lemon juice, chopped cilantro leaves, sour cream, olive oil, minced garlic, hot sauce, salt, and pepper are added and mixed into the avocados.

Celery sticks are cut into 2-3 pieces for an appetizer serving size.

Avocado mixture is spooned into the celery sticks, and served immediately.

You’ll want to serve these right away, because if you leave them the avocado can begin to oxidize and turn a brownish color.

Egg Salad

Egg salad stuffed celery sticks are made by hard boiling eggs, and cutting them up into small pieces.

Greek yogurt is mixed together with diced red and orange peppers, chopped fresh basil leaves and chives.

Eggs are folded into the yogurt mixture, and then gently spooned into the wells of celery sticks.

Garnish the celery sticks with a few diced peppers for a pop of color.

yogurt Stuffed Celery Fillings

Dill and Olives

Olive stuffed celery sticks is creamy, and has a hint of dill flavoring.

To make the filling, softened cream cheese is whipped with a hand mixer, along with miracle whip (or mayo) and a little bit of salt.

Dill pickle juice, sweet pickle juice, pitted ripe olive juice, and pimiento stuffed olive juice is added to the cream cheese mixture and whipped together.

Add in diced dill pickles, sweet pickles, pitted ripe olives, pimiento stuffed olives, and chopped pecans.

Mix together to cream the filling for the celery sticks. You can pipe the filling into celery sticks, or spoon it into the wells of the celery sticks.

Pimento Cheese

Pimento cheese is a creamy, tangy filling for celery sticks.

Pimento cheese is mixed together with mayo, Worcestershire sauce, chopped onions, and red pepper flakes.

Pimento cheese mixture is spooned into the wells of the celery sticks, and then topped with grated cheddar cheese.

Pimento cheese celery topping is garnished with a bit of paprika.

Roasted Garlic Hummus

Roasted garlic hummus is a chickpea filling for celery sticks that has a hint of garlic to it.

Roasted garlic hummus is made by roasting garlic in the oven.

When the roasted garlic is finished cooking, and has cooled down, squish out the roasted garlic cloves.

To make the roasted garlic hummus, chickpeas, tahini, roasted garlic cloves, lemon juice, olive oil and water are added to a food processor.

The mixture is blended until smooth, and then it’s ready to spoon into the celery sticks for a savory snack.

Almond Butter

Celery has a circular center, which will hold almond butter nicely in the center of it.

You can also add raisins or chocolate chips to have a sweetened celery stick topping.

sweet Stuffed Celery Filling

Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is a filling topping for celery for an easy snack.

You can top peanut butter celery sticks with:

  • raisins
  • chocolate chips
  • almonds
  • pretzels
  • apple pieces
  • sunflower seeds
  • banana slices
Stuffed Celery Filling recipes

Hazelnut Spread

Hazelnut spread is a chocolatey and nutty topping for celery sticks.

Hazelnut spread is a thin sauce so you can spoon the sauce into the center well of the celery stick. It can be a bit messy!!

You can top hazelnut sauce celery sticks with:

  • chopped hazelnuts
  • dried cranberries
  • raspberries
  • strawberries
  • banana slices

12 Tomato Appetizer Ideas

Tomatoes can be roasted, baked, or served fresh to create alluring appetizers for your guests.

You can make puff pastry pesto caprese bites, salsa, crostini’s, dips, focaccia bread, and more!

tomato appetizer recipe ideas

Tomato Salsa

Tomato salsa is a juicy, chunky salsa that has a little bite to it.

Salsa adds a ton of flavor and compliments tacos well as a topping.

Salsa can be paired with guacamole well for serving on top of steak tacos.

Tomato salsa is made by adding whole canned tomatoes, and a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies (Rotel tomatoes work well) as the base of the salsa.

Finely chopped jalapeno with the seeds removed are added to the salsa, as well as some diced onions.

A few herbs like garlic and cumin are added, and then the salsa can be “pulsed” only in a food processor. Don’t overmix the salsa until it becomes a mush.

Pulse the salsa 7-10 times to get it just perfectly chunky.

Tomato Appetizer ideas

Marinara Dip

Marinara dip has a vibrant, rich, tomato flavor to it, with hints of garlic and herbs.

Marinara is made by adding oregano, basil, minced garlic, salt, and olive oil to tomato sauce. The flavors come together by heating them on the stove for a couple of minutes.

marinara dip Tomato Appetizer

Marinara dip is served with focaccia bread, garlic Italian bread sticks or French bread for dipping.

tomato appetizer dips

Bruschetta Baked Brie

Bruschetta baked brie is made by first creating a tomato bruschetta.

Tomato bruschetta is made by combining diced tomatoes, freshly chopped basil leaves, olive oil, minced garlic, and a bit of balsamic vinegar.

Bake your brie until it’s creamy and soft, then top your baked brie with your freshly made bruschetta.

You can serve your bruschetta baked brie with French bread, artisan crackers, celery, or carrots to dip into the baked brie.

tomato appetizer with baked brie

Pesto Caprese Puff Pastry

Pesto caprese puff pastry bites are made with fresh pesto and fresh mozzarella for a savory mini appetizer.

Puff pastry is cut into squares, and then fresh pesto is placed in the center.

A thin cut tomato is placed on top, along with a piece of fresh mozzarella cheese.

Pesto caprese appetizer is baked in the oven until the puff pastry edges turn golden brown.

Garnish with balsamic, basil leaves, freshly grated parmesan cheese, or a spoonful of more pesto.

puff pastry bite tomato appetizer

Roasted Cherry Tomato Bruschetta

Roasted cherry tomato bruschetta is served warm, made on crispy garlic crostini’s.

The roasted tomatoes are tossed with fresh basil leaves, and then placed on top of the crostini’s that have been rubbed with garlic.

The bruschetta topped with a sprinkle of grated parmesan cheese, and a drizzle balsamic vinegar.

roasted tomato appetizer idea

BLT Egg Sliders

BLT egg sliders are adorable finger food appetizers that look like miniature burgers.

BLT egg sliders are made by cooking hard boiled eggs and then cutting them in half to create the “buns”.

The bottom half of the “buns” need to have a little bit of the bottom of the egg cut off so it can sit flat on a serving plate.

Add a little salt, pepper, and your favorite sauce (ketchup, mustard, mayo, hot sauce, horseradish) to the bottom half of the egg.

Assemble the egg sliders by placing a strip of freshly cooked bacon, a slice of tomato to fit right inside the slider, and a piece of lettuce.

Top the slider with the other half of the egg to make the sliders complete.

Garnish the egg sliders by adding a little more pepper and sesame seeds.

Place a toothpick through the egg slider to make sure it stays together.

You can make these ahead of time, and place them in the fridge until you’re ready to serve them.

tomato egg slider appetizer

Pepperoni Caprese Bites

Pepperoni caprese bites are an eye catching appetizer assembled on a toothpick, with a basil vinaigrette dressing.

To assemble the pepperoni appetizer, place a fresh piece of mozzarella, then a folded piece of pepperoni, a fresh basil leaf, and a cherry tomato on a toothpick.

Drizzle basil vinaigrette dressing on top and serve immediately.

Fresh Pesto Bruschetta

Make a fresh batch of pesto, the flavor is much more powerful and fragrant than store bought.

Dice a tomato with a little bit of onion. Mix the pesto together with the tomatoes and onions.

Spoon the tomato pesto mixture on top of fresh baguette rounds and grate parmesan cheese on top.

Toast for a couple of minutes for the cheese to warm up.

fresh tomato crostini appetizer idea

Focaccia Bread

Focaccia bread is a warm appetizer that can be served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for dipping.

Focaccia bread with pesto in the dough adds a ton of earthy sharp flavor to the bread.

Focaccia bread is topping with halved cherry tomatoes and a few pieces of goat cheese prior to baking it in the oven.

Tomatoes give the focaccia bread a light, fresh taste to it, whereas goat cheese adds a sharp, cheesy flavoring to the bread.

focaccia bread tomato appetizer idea

Caprese Pesto Crostini

Caprese pesto crostini’s are made by marinating cherry tomatoes and fresh mozzarella with dried basil leaves and olive oil.

Once you’ve made your crostini’s and they have cooled, fresh pesto is spread on the crostini.

Mozzarella slices and cherry tomatoes are placed on top of the layer of pesto.

Finally, the pesto appetizer is topped with freshly chopped basil leaves, parmesan cheese, and balsamic vinegar.

fresh tomato appetizer ideas

Spicy Italian Sausage Dip

Spicy Italian sausage dip is a hot, creamy sausage dip served with crackers or crostini’s.

Spicy Italian sausage is cooked and broken up into smaller pieces.

The sausage is mixed with cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese to create the base of the dip.

Sausage dip is spiced with red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.

Diced tomatoes and banana peppers are added to the dip, and then it can be placed in a heat proof dish.

The sausage dip is topped with more mozzarella cheese and baked in the oven until the cheese has started to brown.

Garnish with strips of fresh basil leaves and serve immediately.

Spinach and Feta Puff Pastry

Spinach and feta pastry bites is a creamy and savory appetizer.

Cooked spinach, crumbled feta cheese, and grated parmesan cheese are mixed together in a bowl to make the base of the appetizer.

Puff pastry is cut into squares, and then scored 1 cm from the edge of the puff pastry square.

Spinach and cheese mixture is spooned onto the puff pastry, and a thin slice of tomato is placed on top. Sprinkle a bit of pepper on top, and egg wash the pastry prior to putting it in the oven.

Spinach puff pastry appetizer is baked in the oven until the pastry turns golden brown.

6 Vol au Vent Dessert Ideas

Vol au vent desserts can be filled with custard, curd, Frangipane, pastry cream or jam.

You can fill vol au vent desserts with vanilla custard, lemon curd, almond cream, rhubarb blackberry jam, passion curd, and more!

Vol au Vent Dessert recipes

Vol au vent desserts are made by rolling out puff pastry dough, and then cutting it using a cookie cutter.

You can stack multiple layers of puff pastry to make the vol au vent taller.

Vol au vent needs to be baked prior to filling it with any dessert fillings.

Almond Cream and Strawberry

Almond cream and strawberry vol au vent is a nutty, creamy filling paired with a burst of fruity strawberries.

Almond cream filling is a Frangipane cream filling that uses almond meal and almond extract to infuse the luscious almond flavor into the cream filling for vol au vent.

Frangipane cream filling is made by beating together butter and sugar. Multiple eggs are added 1 at a time and beaten until smooth.

Add a pinch of vanilla extract, and almond extract, and slowly beat in almond meal.

Pipe almond filling into the baked vol au vent puff pastry, and top with a few sliced strawberries.

Lemon Pastry Cream

Lemon pastry cream is a thick, citrusy, creamy filling for vol au vents.

Lemon pastry cream is made by heating milk and lemon peel in a medium saucepan until just before it begins to boil.

The milk is removed from the heat source, and let to sit and infuse the lemon flavor into the milk.

An egg is whisked together with a couple of egg yolks and sugar, along with cornstarch and salt.

Lemon peel is removed from the warm milk, and then the eggs are tempered with the lemon infused milk.

After the milk has been added to the eggs, the entire mixture is placed back in the saucepan and heated on medium heat.

Lemon pastry cream will thicken, and then then it can be removed from the heat source. Add a couple of cubes of butter, and whisk in until they have completely melted.

Chill lemon pastry cream in the fridge until it firms up.

Pipe lemon pastry cream into vol au vents. You can top with a little whip cream as well if desired.

Vol au Vent lemon filling Dessert

Vanilla Blueberry

Vanilla Blueberry vol au vent is made with creamy vanilla custard, and topped with fresh blueberries.

Vanilla pastry cream has a lovely vanilla aroma, and is thick, creamy custard filling for vol au vents.

Milk is heated in a saucepan over medium heat with vanilla paste or a vanilla pod (sliced in half and seeds placed into the saucepan).

In a separate bowl, egg yolks and granulated sugar are whisked together with cornstarch.

Just before the milk begins to boil, slowly add the hot milk to the egg mixture to temper the eggs.

Whisk milk vigorously so the eggs do not cook!!

After the milk has been completely mixed into the eggs, place the entire mixture back into the saucepan and heat on medium heat.

Whisk vanilla pastry cream as it begins to thicken.

Remove it from the heat source and let it cool. Place it in the fridge to chill for a couple of hours.

Pipe vanilla custard into baked vol au vent puff pastry, and sprinkle with a couple of blueberries on top.

Chocolate Chantilly and Banana

Chocolate Chantilly and banana is a chocolatey filling for vol au vents with a bruleed banana on the side.

Chocolate Chantilly cream is made by heating a bit of heavy cream and sugar. Warm heavy cream is poured over chopped dark chocolate and whisked together until smooth.

More heavy cream is added to the bowl and whisked together. Chocolate Chantilly cream is placed in the fridge overnight.

The following day, chocolate Chantilly cream is whipped until fluffy.

Pipe chocolate Chantilly cream into vol au vent puff pastry. Drizzle with chocolate sauce.

Sliced banana and place on plate with vol au vent. Sprinkle with a dusting of sugar.

Brulee sugar on banana’s, and serve immediately.

Passion Fruit

Passion fruit vol au vent is a fruity dessert, drizzled with mint syrup, with a few diced pineapple pieces on to.

Passion fruit curd is made by heating passion fruit puree with butter and salt in a saucepan over medium heat.

In a separate bowl, and egg is whisked together with egg yolks and sugar.

Heated passion fruit puree is slowly poured into the the eggs and whisked vigorously until the fruit puree is completely mixed in.

Egg passion fruit mixture is placed back into the saucepan and heated on low to medium heat to thicken the custard. Once the custard has thickened, it is removed from the heat source and cooled to room temperature.

Passion fruit curd is chilled for a couple of hours to firm up.

Passion fruit curd is piped into the vol au vent puff pastry, and add a few diced pineapple pieces on top.

Drizzle mint syrup over the dessert and enjoy!

Rhubarb Blackberry

Rhubarb blackberry vol au vent is a freshly made jam that is served inside puff pastry.

Diced rhubarb and sugar is placed in a saucepan over medium heat to create a syrupy base for the jam.

Blackberries are added to the rhubarb and sugar mixture and cooked to let the juices out of the blackberries.

Chia seeds are added to the mixture and cooked until the jam becomes a thick consistency.

Jam is removed from the heat source, and cooled to room temperature.

Jam is placed in the fridge for a couple of hours to firm up.

Spoon rhubarb blackberry jam into baked vol au vent puff pastry and serve.

How to Display Macarons at a Party

Macarons are one of the most alluring cookies you can have at a party dessert table.

If you have themed, embellished macarons with intricate designs on your macarons, you’ll want them lying flat for your display.

You can display macarons on vertical or horizonal 3 tier displays, macaron towers, wooden boards, or on crisp white plates to have their brilliant colors entice your party guests.

How to Display Macarons at a Party ideas

3 Tier Display

Displaying macarons on a 3 tier display can be either vertical or horizonal plating.

Vertical 3 tier display is more like a high tea style of macaron display.

The largest plate is on the bottom, and the smallest plate is on top.

Vertical 3 tier displays look eye catching, even from far away! They entice your guests to come take a look at all of the goodies displayed.

Macarons can be placed flat, or you can maneuver them to sit on their side, next to one another.

For a macaron display where the macarons have special designs on one side of them, the macarons can be laid flat so everyone can see the themed macarons.

How to Display Macarons at a Party with a 3 tier display

3 tier porcelain platter is a horizontal style display for macarons.

A horizontal style sits much lower to the table, therefore it doesn’t cover nearly as much depth as a vertical 3 tier.

It needs a lot more space on a dessert table as well, something to keep in mind if you’re short on table space.

3 tier party display for macarons

Macaron Tower

Macaron tower displays are one of the most popular dessert table displays!

Macaron towers can have macarons flat or sideways.

Depending on how many macarons you have, if you put them on their side you can fit a lot more on the display than by lying them flat.

Macaron towers can be adjustable. You can either have 2 layers of macarons to display, or even up to 10 tiers of macarons in one display.

If you’re displaying macarons for a large wedding with over a 100 guests, this could be the way to go if you’re wanting to display up to 250 macarons.

How to Display Macarons at a Party with a macaron tower

Plated

Macarons are easily plated on crisp white plates to have their pop of color be eye catching to guests.

Macarons need to be lying flat to be plated, since their isn’t anything to hold them together if you put them on their sides.

Besides, decorated macarons need to be flat with all of their beautiful embellishments!

How to Display Macarons plated at a Party

Wooden Board

Wooden display boards are a simple way to display macarons. You can use a fancy cutting board, or a wooden board display if you want something a bit more fancy.

Wooden board displays make macarons look vibrant and enticing with their stunning pastel colors.

Wooden board macaron displays typically have macarons lying flat, because their isn’t anything to hold them vertically.

How to Display Macarons at a Party with a wooden board