Marzipan Fruit Cake

This may be the only proper fruit cake in this section, but it is my favourite one in the entire world. This is in the first place because it contains marzipan (which I love) and in the second because it doesn’t contain any peel (which I hate, or do in its normal, bitter, shop-bought state). Moreover, the dried pears which I’ve thrown in as well have a fudgy graininess which melds perfectly with the marzipan.

You do have to start this the night before you’re baking, but all that mea