HOW TO MAKE MARZIPAN

Shannon News, 9 December 1927, Page 3

HOW TO MAKE MARZIPAN

Do you like marzipan? H you do, hero is a way to make it—and you will find that marzipan you, have made your.-eli: tastes even better than the marzipan you buy! '

The best thing about it is that no cooking is required. Take a quarter of a pound of white sifted sugar, a quarter of a pound of ground almonds and mix them in a basin. Then crumble and sift a stale sponge cake, which you can buy anywhere for a few" coppers, and add it to the mixture. Now stir ia one egg, and some drops of essence of almonds, with » fork. Taste «'* uulil you sct th( " bCSt flavour. After you have stirred il with the fork go on stirring- with your fingers.

Your marzipan is now really made., but it is jolly to take out slabs of it and shape it in your hand, You can make it into any shap e or size you like —little round eggs, little figures of men or dogs, squares, oblongs, and so on.

When you have shaped t put the vM-ioirs pieces in a warm place to sot and dry. They will harden up in no time, although it is belter to lea v.them for a day or two. After thai —but you probably know how to deal with your marzipan when you have made it!