In exactly seven months I will be living in my brand new condo. I went down to the construction site last week, the building is far from done but it is definitely a building. I’m getting pretty excited thinking about living there. I’ve been scoping out deals on line for all the things I need. I think I’ve got my couch and bed picked out, and I’m now moving on the colour schemes. What do you think of white, grey, and yellow?
I’m also getting really nervous. A downtown condo on my own is a huge deal financially. I’ve gone over the budget a million times, and even though I know I can do it I still worry. I’m good at worrying. I sometimes find myself stuck in a loop of “what ifs”. My latest solution is to give myself a firm action plan and then listen to Bob Marley. Every little thing is gonna be alright.
Of course the classic stress reliever is chocolate. This cake will calm me down even on my most anxious days. Thanks to the marzipan it’s dense and moist, and the almond flavour perfectly complements the chocolate. This recipe is also really easy to make, just be sure your ingredients are at room temperature so that the eggs and butter combine properly.
Chocolate Marzipan Cake
Adapted from Anna Olson
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 250 g marzipan
- 6 eggs, room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/4 cup icing sugar
- berries to garnish
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 10 inch springform pan, set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Break the marzipan into pieces and mix into the butter mixture until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, making sure they are well combined after each addition. Mix in the vanilla and almond extracts.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Beat into the butter mixture until well combined.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes until a tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for 20 minutes then turn it out onto a rack to cool completely.
- Whip the cream with the icing sugar until stiff, cover the cooled cake with cream. Garnish with berries.
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Wow, I love chocolate and I love marzipan and this looks delicious! Lovely story–yes, you should go with gray, white and yellow–I’m helping my son deco his first apartment, and that’s his color scheme! Very modern. Beautiful photos. Love!
I just love this cake recipe and your photos;-) Happy Spring and good luck in your new place!
I’m familiar with the what if game, I play it often. Somtimes you can what if yourself to death and it still doesn’t reassure you. That’s when chocolate is in order. ;-)
Wow! It looks so so yummy!
I have seen a few cakes made with marzipan, however, finding a chocolate one pretty much outranks the others-yum! The looks of this cake tells me that the texture is moist too. Stunning picture, you did a great job on the layers. Saving this recipe!
I saw it on food networks Canada page, it;s absolutely amazing!
Bob Marley and Brett Dennen calm my nerves when necessary (rather often, ahem…) I could add this cake to the list of nerve-calmers! That is, if someone made it FOR me! ;)
This would definitely help to relieve my stress!!Looks incredible!
This looks great. I love marzipan but have never seen it being used in a cake in this way.
This is gorgeous, Lynn!
This looks and sounds delish! Congrats on making it into the top 9!
You say to use a springform pan, but the picture of the cake shows a two layer cake. You make no mention of slicing the cake after you remove it from the pan. Which is correct, the written direction, or the picture?
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Happy moving :) Marizpan mixed into the cake batter , yum yum!!!
This looks too good to be true!
Where do you get your marzipan? Maybe it’s where I am, but I’ve had trouble finding it in the past. Or do you make your own? Thanks!
I bought the marzipan at a German specialty store, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it in regular grocery stores.
Amazing cake! love every ingredient!!!Just need to find marzipan now :-)
Lynn,
Just had to feature it in my top 3 cakes this week, (if you don’t mind). The post with link to your page is here:http://helenscooking.info/?p=2866
Shared it on my facebook as well. It’s a great cake. thank you for sharing!!!!
just wondering: is the cocoa powder you used sweetened? thanks, this looks fantastic!
No, but the marzipan adds quite a bit of sweetness to the cake.
This cake looks amazing! Is the cake in your pictures a 10″ cut into two layers, two 8″ rounds, or did you double the recipe and make two 10″ cakes? Thanks!
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I just made this cake and it looks wonderful. Not icing it until tomorrow. However, I have to ask as others have as well. Did you double the recipe and make 2 cakes? Your picture shows that the cakes are in layers with the whipped cream in the middle. The cake I made from your recipe above leaves me pause as to whether I should cut it. Thanks for the reply
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