Another wartime 1940s Christmas recipe revisited! This time it’s Mock Marzipan and you can cook-a-long with me, step-by-step on my latest video on YouTube.
This “Mock Marzipan” never fails to come out well and while not quite the same as real marzipan, it does a really good job when rations are low and it’s impossible to find some in your local shop! It’s such an easy recipe too as you’ll see in my video!
Ingredients
- 4 oz soya flour
- 4 oz sugar
- 2 oz margarine
- several drops of almond essence (I used more!)
- 2 tablespoons of water
Method
- Melt margarine in the water
- Add essence and sugar and stir
- Add flour and mix in bit by bit and then turn out onto a floured board and knead well
- Roll out and cut to shape of top of cake using the tin to use knife to cut around
- Smear top of cake with jam of your choice
- Cover with marzipan
- Cake can then be iced
Makes enough to cover a medium sized Christmas cake!
Much love, C xxxx
The dress is adorable! Good job you! The marzipan looks scrumptious, even if the color isn’t what you were going for.
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I think whoever created this recipe in the 1940s did a good job! I will be using this “Mock Marzipan” on my Christmas Cake this year for sure! Much love, C xxx
Will the Christmas cake be a wartime recipe too?
Hi Sean, yes indeed. I can’t wait to cook it and share! xxx
I made Mock Marzipan to ice a Simnel Cake for a WW2 Easter event – the recipe that I followed suggested golden syrup OR sugar. I tried both ways and I have to say that using golden syrup made it an awful lot easier to make it all come together – it was really convincing (even my marzipan-hating husband loved it!).
Very interesting recipe! I have a mock marzipan recipe from my granny that is made with cooked potatoes.
I think it was to go into baked goods, not so much to be rolled out to cover a cake.
No, I haven’t tried it 😅
Oh gosh, cooked potatoes? You will have to share it Heidi!! How unusual and intriguing!!! C xxxxx
Oh my!! My problem is that I am also on the keto diet, so, I will probably switch the soya flour for coconut flour, substitute stevia for the sugar but the rest is fabulous!! I will probably let you know how this turns out as I can always use small balls as fat bombs!!! Great recipe, I love it! The dress is fabulous XXXXX Louise