Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, how to marzipan a cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cream the almond paste with the butter and sugar. In a small bowl, beat the eggs lightly with almond extract and add to the creamed mixture. Measure the height of your cake including the marzipan on top. Take half the remaining marzipan and roll into a sausage shape.
How to Marzipan a Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. How to Marzipan a Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook how to marzipan a cake using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make How to Marzipan a Cake:
- Get 1 lb marzipan
- Prepare For the glaze:
- Make ready 6 ozs apricot jam, warmed with 2-3 tablespoons water, then sieved
A traditional Christmas cake absolutely has to have a marzipan layer. Gently slide your hands under the marzipan and lift it on the the cake. Use the palms of your hands to smooth the top of the cake first, then mould the marzipan to the upper edges, working your way down the sides very slowly. Marzipan is quite malleable, so just keep going until the cake is covered.
Steps to make How to Marzipan a Cake:
- Place almost half of the marzipan on a surface dredged with icing sugar, or between two sheets of parchment paper. Roll out evenly until a little larger than the top of the cake and cut out a round about 1/2 inch larger than the top of the cake. Set aside.
- Roll out the remaining marzipan, including the trimmings, to a strip. Cut two lengths of string, one the circumference of the cake the other the exact height of the cake. Using the string as a guide, cut the maripan into strips the same width and circumference as the cake.
- Stand the cake on a cake board. Brush the sides of the cake with the apricot glaze and fit the strips of marzipan around the cake. Press the ends together with a round-bladed knife
- Brush the top of the cake with the apricot glaze and position the circle of marzipan on top. Press the edges together with the round-bladed knife. If the marzipan is too moist, rub lightly all over with sifted icing sugar.
- Store the cake, uncovered, in a warmish place for at least 24 hours, and preferably a little longer, until dry. If the marzipan is still wet when the icing is added the oils will seep into the icing and make unattractive stains.
Use the palms of your hands to smooth the top of the cake first, then mould the marzipan to the upper edges, working your way down the sides very slowly. Marzipan is quite malleable, so just keep going until the cake is covered. Place the circle of marzipan on the cake and gently firm it down making it as flat as possible. Trim off any excess marzipan with a knife and firm down the edge of the marzipan. For marzipan covering for cake, generously sprinkle work surface with powdered sugar.
So that is going to wrap this up with this exceptional food how to marzipan a cake recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I’m confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be more interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!
