Marzipan and Macaroon Cake

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

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

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

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