Made by mixing sugar and ground almonds together, marzipan only tends to come out for holidays and celebrations. It's most well known for being the layer between cake and icing on wedding and Christmas cakes. It is very widely used throughout Europe and Asia, it doesn't appear as often in modern British baking. I first used it when I made some Easter Simnel Cupcakes. I suspect a lot of you have leftover marzipan after making Simnel cakes at Easter! Wrapped it cling film it will stay fresh and leftover marzipan can be used in one of the selection of recipes I have found below...
Let me know in the comments if you make any of these recipes and how they turn out!
Main image Source: Food Network UK
More ideas for leftovers...
Black Treacle | Jam | Christmas Leftovers |
Victoria Lee
or my way - eat it straight from the packet as a snack!!! so wrong but I love it! haha - some fab ideas here, and thoroughly recommend the easy almond cake by Nigella, made it for my mother-in-law and it was a treat! x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Haha brilliant! Yes I thought it was the same you had made, with the butterflies on, great example of how creative you can be with that recipe!
Angela Darroch
Some lovely ideas here - the pear cupcakes are top of my list. Thanks or sharing.