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This is the easiest and Best Homemade Marzipan Recipe you will ever find. Super tasty and super easy, try this homemade marzipan recipe today and start making moulded candies and other delicious treats! No egg whites in this recipe mean that your marzipan will last much longer!
What is Marzipan?
Marzipan is simply ground almonds and sugar. Sometimes Marzipan can be flavoured with ingredients such as almond, vanilla or coconut extract. Marzipan can also be coloured and formed into shapes that resemble fruits, vegetables or any other object.
Some bakers actually use Marzipan like icing to cover cakes. It is most commonly found in the UK, Italy and Germany however, with all the amazing baking shows on television these days, Marzipan is gaining in popularity in both the US and Canada.
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Where did Marzipan originate?
According to Marzipan Love, it is believed to have originated in Persia (present-day Iran). Having been introduced to Europe through the Turks, however, there is some dispute between Hungary and Italy over its origin.
Marzipan became a specialty of the Baltic Sea region of Germany.
In particular, the city of Lübeck has a proud tradition of marzipan manufacture (Lübecker Marzipan). The city’s manufacturers like Niederegger still guarantee their Marzipan to contain two-thirds almonds by weight, which results in a juicy, bright yellow product.
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What is the difference between Marzipan, Almond Paste and Fondant?
Marzipan:
- Marzipan is most commonly used as a filling for marzipan candies
- It can be coloured and shaped into fun designs
- It is often used for covering cakes like fruit cake.
- It is sweeter than Almond Paste
- It is not as "stretchy" as fondant
Almond Paste:
- Less sweet than Marzipan
- It is commonly used as filling in pastries like frangipane tarts and bear claws
- Same ingredients as Marzipan but less easily shaped into decorations
Fondant:
- a type of icing
- most commonly used to sculpt or decorate cakes, cupcakes, or pastries
- made of sugar, water, and corn syrup and sometimes gelatin or glycerin
- does not contain any almonds
- very pliable and can be formed into many different shapes
What ingredients do you need to make your own homemade marzipan?
- Finely ground blanched almonds (or finely ground almond flour) - it is cheaper to grind your own but you do need to make sure that you use BLANCHED almonds (which means they do not contain any skin)
- Powdered sugar – Adds sweetness without adding grit because it’s powdered
- Extract – almond, vanilla or rose water is commonly used to add flavour but it totally optional.
- Honey – Used as a binder to hold the almond mixture together
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How do you make your own Almond flour?
If you’re going to make your own almond flour, use blanched almonds without the skin so that your flour is nice and pale.
Grind your blanched almonds in a food processor by pulsing in bursts. Sift your almonds through a strainer to remove any large bits of almond. Return the larger pieces to the food processor to grind up again. Repeat the process until you have enough finely ground almond flour.
Why does this Marzipan recipe not use traditional egg whites as an ingredient?
This marzipan recipe does not have egg whites.
Egg white is traditionally used to make marzipan but eating raw egg whites can be a little dicey. By not using egg whites, the shelf life of the marzipan is longer and there is no risk of eating raw egg white.
If you prefer to use egg white, replace half the liquid sweetener with pasteurized egg white.
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How much money will I save making the Best Homemade Marzipan Recipe?
Store-bought Marzipan, such as Odense, cost approximately $7 for 7 ounces (about $1 per ounce)
If you make your own Marzipan, the cost of the ingredients comes to under $0.5 an ounce or $3.50 for 7 ounces.
That is a huge saving for something that is SO EASY to make!
How do you use this Homemade Marzipan Recipe?
Marzipan is really easy to use!
You can shape with your hands or with modelling tools.
You can colour it with food colouring or you can dust it with food powders. The great thing about marzipan is that the base colour is ivory so the things you make have a more realistic look to them.
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How do you store the Best Homemade Marzipan Recipe?
This Homemade Marzipan will keep in the fridge for 6 weeks or you can freeze it for 6 months or more.
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Tips, Tricks and Substitutions for this Marzipan Recipe:
- Let your marzipan rest overnight before you handle it.
- use store-bought super-fine almond flour instead of making your own
- use your favourite powdered sugar otherwise the marzipan will be gritty
- Since we are bee keepers, we like to use honey but you could easily replace the honey with corn syrup or other liquid sweetener
- Be aware that depending on what type of liquid sweetner you use, your Marzipan will taste like the sweetener
- to colour the marzipan dark brown, I just added a bit of cocoa powder to the marzipan.
- You could also colour with food colouring if you wanted to.
- To keep the marzipan from sticking to my hands, I put some butter on my fingertips and kneaded it through the marzipan until it wasn’t sticky anymore.
- You can also cover your cakes with marzipan which is an excellent alternative to fondant. Keep in mind that marzipan is not as stretchy as fondant but it tastes really good.
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How to Make the BEST Homemade Marzipan Recipe
Homemade Marzipan has a better flavour and is less expensive than store-bought! Perfect for Christmas or Easter decorations, cookies, cakes, figures, and candy. This traditional Marzipan Recipe uses no egg whites and can be flavoured and dyed. Let me show you how easy it is to make!
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients
- 5 ounces (142 g) super-fine almond flour
- 6 ounces (170 g) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla or rose water
- 3 ounces (85 g) liquid sugar (such as honey or corn syrup)
- 1 tbsp butter (optional for kneading)
Instructions
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Place almond flour and powdered sugar in the bowl of your food processor (or you can mix by hand with a spatula).
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Add in your flavouring and the liquid sweetener and blend for 1 minute until the starts sticking together. If your marzipan seems dry, add in another teaspoon of liquid sweetener and keep blending. Finish kneading your marzipan on the counter with your butter until smooth. It should feel fairly stiff and a bit sticky.
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Wrap the marzipan up in a plastic wrap and seal in a ziplock bag. Refrigerate for an hour or so until it's cool enough to handle. Keeps in the fridge for 6 weeks or freeze for 6 months or more.
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Marzipan can easily be coloured with food colouring, cocoa powder or dusted with food dust
- Prep Time: 5
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Keywords: almond flour, powdered sugar, cake decorations, holidays
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