The cake has matured for two months. Now it is about a week before Christmas. The cake is unwrapped and brushed with boiled apricot jam. This year, I used 400g ready-rolled marzipan by Dr. Oetker because it was on offer. Proper almond paste is not cheap to make because you need to use a large quantity of ground almonds. The best recipe I ever used was by Claire MacDonald and used orange blossom water amongst the ingredients. It was truly delicious. The Dr. Oetker marzipan had very little flavour! The point of covering the cake with marzipan a week before Christmas is that it should dry out a bit before topping with icing. Lay over cake and trim as per the photo. Leave uncovered for a few days.
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