Southern Living Pumpkin Spice Battenberg Cake .. looks so good

Here's an uncropped photo showing the layers. I've never *iced* a cake with marzipan. Isn't

that product really, really sweet? Or does the almond flavor shine through? I've only baked with it in stolen bread/cake/pastry...not exactly sure what category this bread falls into, but I like hitting that sweet spot in the middle. However, I hated those marzipan faux fruits that would show up around the holidays. They left behind a weird, unnatural taste.

This would be such a perfect library staff treat. Stupid COVID.

https://www.southernliving.com/syndication/pumpkin-spice-battenberg

 
Yes, and I much prefer Almond Paste however, cannot use it for icing.....an alternative could be

Fondant......if you dislike the Marzipan


I did a little research and found a recipe for homemade Marzipan which I am sure is much better than what is available in the tube or can. Found it at

https://www.thespruceeats.com/marzipan-521098

 
I could do the fondant. I make the marshmallow kind and its edible. This stolen link has a recipe

for marzipan that I may try. Recipe looks good and she supplies alternates for all of the "STOP! red light!" spots of stolen that I typically don't care for: overly sweet marzipan & nasty candied orange peel. But she DOESN'T give it Richard in Cincy's "baptism by butter" final step. She merely brushes the butter on the bread before the powdered sugar. I'd use Richard's method if trying this recipe.

PS: The photos in this link make me want to get on a plane NOW to visit that area.

https://www.daringgourmet.com/stollen-german-christmas-bread/

 
Oh! I just read the marzipan recipe and it uses ROSE WATER! That's probably why I hate it. I can't

abide floral accents (bergamot tea, for example). It took me a long time before I used herbs de Provence because of the lavender. I think the jar I have now has dried up sufficiently so that I don't smell it.

(I probably shouldn't have admitted in public that my spices are old.)

 
well I did now--looks like a winner. Gay, the cherries she's using are like bing = sweet. How

will you sub in cranberries which are so bitter they make your eyes water. Okay, I'll qualify...so bitter they make MY eyes water.

 
oh, I see. I thought you were just going to put in fresh naked cranberries. Let us know how this

works us. It's that Cranberry Time of the Year.

 
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