Name: Marzipan and Macaroon Cake
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 8-portion cake
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 60 g / 2 oz self-raising flour; 1 tbs milk; 60 g / 2 oz ground almonds; 30 g / 1 oz caster sugar; 1 egg white; 225 g / 8 oz prepared marzipan; 1–2 drops bitter almond essence (optional); 120 g / 4 oz butter; 90 g / 3 oz vanilla-flavoured caster sugar; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; 30 g / 1 oz flaked almonds

Preparation info

Makes:
8
-portion cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Strictly for almond lovers and popular with my French friends. Adapted from my English Almond Cake but enriched with a layer of marzipan and crisp almond meringue.

Ingredients

120 g / 4 oz butter
90 g / 3

Method

Cream the butter with the caster sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, egg yolk and milk with the almond essence. Fold in the sieved flour and the ground almonds. Spoon into the prepared cake tin and smooth level.

Roll out the marzipan to fit the cake tin and place gently on top of the mixture. Measure 1