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Post by snowwhite on Nov 7, 2017 8:46:00 GMT -5
Just 'cos..
I have two recipes, one where you just mix icing sugar, caster sugar and either eggs or egg yolks (which I've used before), and another, more complicated, one that involves other ingredients and heating some of them together (they're from books by Mary Berry and Delia Smith respectively, if that means anything to you).
Does anyone have experience with both types of recipe? Is the latter type worth the extra trouble? It's for the Christmas cake, and usually I just buy a packet.
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Post by scicaro on Nov 7, 2017 12:33:25 GMT -5
My mum always makes the uncooked almond paste type - can't remember if it's a Delia recipe or reader's digest but it's yum.
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Post by sprite on Nov 7, 2017 13:26:29 GMT -5
life is short. make the fastest, simplest recipe. or buy a packet.
i'm a terrible person. i only put effort into things where it will be notice!
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Post by Liiisa on Nov 7, 2017 13:34:40 GMT -5
Yeah, just looking at this post fills me with exhaustion, that someone would go to the trouble of making marzipan instead of just buying a tube of Odense.
Plus now I want marzipan... I adore marzipan.
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Post by tinier_dragon on Nov 8, 2017 12:42:01 GMT -5
i, on the other hand, thought "oh cool, we could make marzipan!" and i don't even like marzipan.
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Post by sprite on Nov 8, 2017 17:17:55 GMT -5
you can make it, and i'll eat yours.  |
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Post by kraken on Nov 8, 2017 17:56:02 GMT -5
I'm not a fan but the other half is. The plan is to get some marzipan and coat little pieces in (melted) chocolate at some point. I will use the opportunity to do the same with licorice.. and now I want chocolate coated licorice. Dammit.
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Post by sprite on Nov 9, 2017 5:13:24 GMT -5
is that a thing??
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Post by kraken on Nov 9, 2017 8:49:38 GMT -5
Yes  |
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Post by snowwhite on Nov 9, 2017 10:09:32 GMT -5
I think probably if I do it, I'll use the easier version - because it's for round a Christmas cake, so who would notice the difference?
Then I need to decide if I want to try making royal icing (I've always just used a packet of fondant in the past, but now the children are a bit older, and my cousin did royal on her cake last year and I liked it). Decisions, decisions... and I consider this stuff to be a leisure activity really.
(I get to practice decorating things with fondant icing anyway, since Junior's birthday is shortly after Christmas).
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Post by sprite on Nov 9, 2017 16:00:52 GMT -5
i have spent ridiculous amounts of time making soup that is probably better out of a can. |
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Post by sprite on Nov 9, 2017 16:03:13 GMT -5
Yes off to make a note for secret santa...! |
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Post by kraken on Nov 9, 2017 17:29:29 GMT -5
Yes off to make a note for secret santa...! In the Nordics you can buy them, in the UK you can get Panda licorice and chocolate of your choosing and make your own... The combination is dangerously addictive. |
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Post by Phar Lap on Nov 28, 2017 19:09:59 GMT -5
My mum always makes the uncooked almond paste type - can't remember if it's a Delia recipe or reader's digest but it's yum. My mum too don't know which recipe though. I remember she used to stick it on the Christmas cake by spreading apricot jam on the cake. (Home made of course). Mums did things like that. |
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Post by snowwhite on Nov 29, 2017 6:05:17 GMT -5
I did the easier version and used out-of-a-jar apricot jam to stick it to the cake, that was Saturday, then Monday I made royal icing and spread that over.
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Post by sprite on Dec 1, 2017 6:53:40 GMT -5
i should be careful when i ask people why they spend so much time on something that can be done simply. last night, i had to stop myself from spending 20 minutes making gravy for roast chicken.
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