Marzipan is a delicious confection made from ground almonds and sugar. It's used as cake frosting and filling. Its malleability makes it perfect for creating cute little characters and edible sculptures, and its pale yellow hue makes it a great blank canvas for food coloring.
Instructions
Making Marzipan
1. Mix together the confectioner's sugar and the almond paste. You can do this by pulsing it in the food processor, as Martha Stewart's recipe suggests, or by crumbling the almond paste into a bowl and mixing in the sugar with your hands, as AllRecipes.com advises. It'll look like large bread crumbs when it's well mixed.
2. Add the corn syrup. If you're using a food processor, pulse the mixture till it's combined; if you're using a bowl, mix the syrup in . The mixture will still be crumbly, but you should be able to press it into a spherical shape and have it hold together for a few moments.
3. Take the dough out of the bowl and put it on the table or a cutting board. Knead the dough until it's smooth. In his Food Network marzipan recipe, Emeril Lagasse suggests kneading in more confectioner's sugar if the dough is too sticky.
4. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for an hour.
5. Once you're ready to use the marzipan, take it out of the fridge. It should feel like Play-Doh when you touch it.
6. If you're going to dye the marzipan, pinch off a piece and put a drop of food coloring onto it. Knead it in with your hands.
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