Marzipan (Cup)Cake(S) With Lemonglaze
- 200 g marzipan
- 75 g flour
- 125 g butter (or half canola-oil)
- 50 g ground almonds
- 4 eggs
- 75 g dark brown sugar (or brown or white)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or a half vanilla bean)
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 4 tablespoons icing sugar
- 1/2 - 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Preheat oven at 180u0b0C.
- Mix dark brown sugar and butter (or oil-butter mixture) until creamy.
- Add eggs and mix until very fluffy.
- Cube Marzipan and soften in microwave (about 20-30 sec. at 700 Watt). You don't need to do this, but the handling is way easier.
- Incorporate marzipan, cinnamon, pinch of salt and vanilla extract into egg-butter-sugar mixture.
- Add ground almonds.
- Mix baking powder with flour and add to dough. Mix thoroughly.
- Butter a cake pan or cupcake tin and transfer dough to it.
- Bake at 180u0b0C for about 45 minutes (cake) or 20 minutes (cupcakes).
- Let cupcakes cool for 10 minutes.
- Mix lemon juice and icing sugar until a thick paste forms. Glaze cooled cupcakes as you like.
flour, butter, ground almonds, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, icing sugar, lemon juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/marzipan-cup-cake-s-with-lemonglaze-468776 (may not work)