Unlike gifts that come in a box, covered up in wrapping paper, edible gifts don’t require any bows or ribbons to make them appealing. This especially applies to those baked with a lot of love, like Stephanie’s Cherry Macaroon Tart. Stephanie makes this a real tart by adding a half pound of cherries to the filling, but the sweetness of the sugar balances out all the flavors so that the coconut can easily come through. And there’s nearly 3 cups of coconut in her dessert! You know this has to give the tart’s crust a kind of sweet creaminess that butter and sugar alone can’t.

On her blog, Steph Chows, Stephanie mentions that she baked the tart in a pan with a removable bottom…now why didn’t I think of that earlier! Think of all those desserts I could’ve kept in one piece! I do know one thing… I doubt Stephanie’s tart stayed in one piece after placing it on the dessert table at the baby shower; I know I would’ve dived right in if I was there! Let’s just say I definitely wouldn’t have waited for all the gift opening to happen first ;)!