Handmade at our very own confectionary, our macarons make delightful desserts for festive parties or a fun treat for yourself and a friend. At around 80 calories each and made with no gluten containing ingredients, these sweet treats are great for sharing and offering as a gift for any occasion

 

The French Macaron is never to be confused with the American macaroon coconut cookie. This exquisite pastry is a sweet meringue-based confectionery made with egg whites, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond and food coloring. The macaron is commonly filled with ganache, buttercream or jam which is sandwiched between two cookies. Macarons, which come in a wide variety of flavors, easily melt in your mouth!

 

A macaron is technically a French petit four, which is a bite-size, elegant and savory cake. So, it is only appropriate that the inspiration for the name of our bakery came from France. Noticing a beautiful tree display at a fancy French bakery, The Dessert Tree was born.

 

There has been much debate about the origin of the macaron. Some have traced its French debut back to the arrival of Catherine de’ Medici’s Italian pastry chefs whom she brought with her in 1533 upon marrying Henry II of France.