An excess of marchpane? I think not...

[desperance]

Y'know, just for a moment there, I nearly said something foolish.

I nearly said "I made too much marzipan."

The truth, of course, is that I misjudged the rolling-out, and was too frugal. Too parsimonious. It was a folly.

Every folly has its consequence; I have a lump of residual marzipan, and the cake is fully enrobed. I could of course just add extra to the top of the cake - but I also have espresso coffee beans to dunk - no, I'm sorry, to enrobe - in chocolate. And, y'know. Marzipan and chocolate. Made in heaven, to my order and explicitly for me. I think I shall spend the afternoon making little sweeties. Oh, yes.

The only question remaining: coffee beans-and-chocolate, and marzipan-and-chocolate - or coffee beans-and-marzipan-and-chocolate...?

Comments

[lamentables.livejournal.com]

*gets in car and heads north*

I say no to beans-and-marzipan-and-chocolate because - for me, anyway - that mix of textures wouldn't work.

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

Why not coffee beans and marzipan?

Or mini-stollen.

Or Battenburg.

Or keep it and stir a spoonful or so into kormas to thicken at the end, nom nom nom.

Or go truly gross - http://sofa.vox.com/library/post/baileys-marzipan-charlotte.html

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh! Stollen! We were talking about stollen, only the other day; we had two different recipes, and we were going to have a bake-off.

Maybe I should just make more marzipan...?

[sovay]

I nearly said "I made too much marzipan."

Never!

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

The only question remaining: coffee beans-and-chocolate, and marzipan-and-chocolate - or coffee beans-and-marzipan-and-chocolate...?

All of the above.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yup. Your acuity is running at 100% efficiency this evening.