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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook how to marzipan a cake using 3 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make How to Marzipan a Cake:
- Prepare 1 lb marzipan
- Get For the glaze:
- Make ready 6 ozs apricot jam, warmed with 2-3 tablespoons water, then sieved
Trim off any excess marzipan with a knife and firm down the edge of the marzipan. Measure the height of your cake including the marzipan on top. Take half the remaining marzipan and roll into a sausage shape. Welcome to part two in our series on creating the perfect Christmas cake.
Instructions 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.
Take half the remaining marzipan and roll into a sausage shape. Welcome to part two in our series on creating the perfect Christmas cake. Last time the amazing Sandra Monger shared her chocolate fruit cake recipe to give us the perfect bake for your festive cake. In part two we've enlisted the help of expert cake maker Juliet Sear of Fancy Nancy to help you marzipan your cake like a pro. A traditional Christmas cake absolutely has to have a marzipan layer.
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