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Designs Pressed into Marzipan to be Traced Over and/or Filled in with Fondant
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By Bo Friberg
Published 2003
- Trace the design onto a sheet of baking paper or use a copy machine to copy onto standard paper. To make the figure face in the same direction as the drawing after stamping it on the marzipan, simply invert baking paper or rub vegetable oil onto copy paper to make it transparent, then invert the paper so the design appears backward. If a mirror image will not matter on the cake, you can omit this step. In other words, in the illustration, it does not matter which direction the bear is walking — except maybe to the bear — but lettering would be backward without this step.
- Tape the drawing to a sheet of cardboard. Place a small piece of plastic at least ¼ inch (6 mm) thick — or at least thick enough that it will not bend — on top of the drawing. (For a glass option here, see Chef’s Tip.)
- Make a small amount of royal icing. Put the icing in a piping bag, cut a small opening, and trace over your design. Let the royal icing harden overnight.
- Roll out marzipan to ⅛ inch (3 mm) thick. Cut out a round or oval shape slightly larger than the design. Hold the plastic upside down and press the royal icing design into the marzipan. Remove the plastic and, using a piping bag with an opening just large enough to cover the lines, trace the design with fondant, royal icing, or chocolate (Figure 13-5). The design can be left as is, with just the outline, or filled in partially or completely with additional fondant, as in Method I. Let set until the fondant is firm, then place the plaque on the cake.
Figure 13-5 A design piped in royal icing on a small piece of glass following the lines of a drawing set under the glass; filling in the design with piped royal icing after pressing the hardened royal icing lines into a thin sheet of rolled marzipan (the finished design appears as a mirror image of the original drawing)
