Marzipan Fruits

Name: Marzipan Fruits
Yield: Makes about 30 fruits
Ingredients: Cloves heads (without seeds) for the oranges and lemons; Melted dark chocolate, for the bananas; Melted dark chocolate, for the bananas; Cloves, stalks for the apples, pears and bananas; Cloves, stalks for the apples, pears and bananas; Cloves heads (without seeds) for the oranges and lemons; Cloves heads (without seeds) for the oranges and lemons; Food colouring in orange, yellow, green and red; Food colouring in orange, yellow, green and red; Cloves, stalks for the apples, pears and bananas; Cloves, stalks for the apples, pears and bananas; 500 g marzipan; Food colouring in orange, yellow, green and red; Food colouring in orange, yellow, green and red

Preparation info

Makes about
30
fruits

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Baker's Daughter

By Louise Johncox

Published 2014

About

Dad transformed marzipan into colourful miniature fruits: apples, bananas, pears, oranges and more. My nephew, Nick, loves them. For his tenth birthday Dad made him a special birthday cake decorated with marzipan fruits. I doubt any other child has ever had a cake quite like that!

Ingredients

500 g marzipan
Food colouring in orange, yellow, green and red

Gluten-free
Cake
Vegetarian
Birthday

Method

Divide the marzipan into 5 x 100g pieces.

Oranges Colour a portion of marzipan orange using roughly 2-3 drops of orange food colouring, then divide the coloured marzipan into 6 pieces. Roll each of these into the ball shape of an orange, moulding the shape between the palms of your hands. Gently rub each piece over a grater to give the surface the appearance of orange peel. Press