Marzipan Cupcakes With Lemonglaze Recipes

MARZIPAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter and flour a 9" cake pan.
• Cream the almond paste with the butter and sugar.
• Mix in the almonds.
• In a small bowl, beat the eggs lightly with almond extract and add to the creamed mixture.
• Combine the flour and baking powder and stir into butter mixture.
• Mix with a few strokes as possible.
• Pour batter into cake pan and bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Do not over bake!
• Heat water and preserves and brush on the top of warm cake.

MARZIPAN (CUP)CAKE(S) WITH LEMONGLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 180°C.
• 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 180°C 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.

PINEAPPLE MARZIPAN CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line 16 muffin cups with paper or foil liners. , In a large bowl, beat butter, marzipan and sugars until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking powder; gradually beat into butter mixture. Fold in crushed pineapple. Fill prepared cups two-thirds full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., In a small heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over very low heat; stir until smooth. Cool slightly until mixture thickens to a spreading consistency. Spread over cupcakes. Top with pineapple.

MARZIPAN CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter a 9 1/2-inch springform pan.
• Make crust:
• In a shallow baking pan toast almonds in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Remove almonds from oven but leave oven on. Cool almonds completely. In a food processor pulse nuts until finely chopped and transfer to a bowl. Break graham crackers into food processor and finely grind. Stir 1 cup cracker crumbs and sugar into almonds. Melt butter and add to crumb mixture, stirring with a fork until combined well. Press crumb mixture evenly onto bottom and 1 inch up side of springform pan.
• Make filling:
• In a food processor grind together almond paste and sugar until combined well. Add cream cheese and vanilla and blend well. Add eggs 1 at a time, pulsing until just combined after each addition.
• Pour filling into crust and bake in middle of oven 50 minutes. Turn off oven and let cheesecake stand in oven 10 minutes. (Cake will not be set in center but will set as it cools. Don't worry if cheesecake cracks; chocolate topping will cover it.) Cool cheesecake in pan on a rack 1 hour.
• Run a thin knife around edge of pan to loosen cheesecake but do not remove side of pan. Chill cake, uncovered, at least 4 hours and up to 1 day.
• Make topping:
• Finely chop chocolate. In a small saucepan bring cream just to a simmer and remove pan from heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth.
• Carefully pour topping onto cake and spread it up to but not over edge. Chill cake, covered, until chocolate is set, at least 2 hours, and up to 1 day.
• Just before serving, remove side of pan.