- 220g ground almonds
- 220g icing sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp almond essence
- Orange juice (or orange juice + rum)
Mix almonds and sugar and egg yolk (use white of egg to brush on top of cake to make marzipan stick). Add almond essence + orange juice and rum.
Mixture should be a little sticky, knead it and smooth it onto cake with a rolling pin dusted with icing sugar to stop sticking.
Leave for 24 hours before icing the cake.
Icing: 250gm icing sugar, tbls lemon juice + enough water to make the mixture stick together – don’t make it too runny. Place on the cake and spread with a large knife soaking in boiling water. Decorate cake.
You can use other types of icing but Farmor is not a great fan of icing!!