Blogwatch: Princess Cake
Princess cake. The name alone makes me want to eat it. Of course, that's coming from a girl who was a princess for Halloween last year—and the year before that.
Who can resist a sparkly tiara? Not me! Emilia, of A Gluten-Free Day, baked a Swedish Princess cake, which traditionally is a sponge cake filled with cream and topped with a layer of green marzipan and a rose. Why is a Princess cake green? That might be one of the most counterintuitive things ever. Thankfully, Emilia made the marzipan pink, although, she says, "all the marzipan haters might want to try fondant on top," which leads me to wonder, what marzipan haters? Haters make me sad. That said, the cake turned out gorgeous and is certainly worthy of the princess title.
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9 Comments:
Marzipan haters? I don't even consider fondant to be edible.
bobbob at 10:40AM on 03/11/09
Oh man. I am like captain of the marzipan-hater team. On second thought, haters make me sad too... but marzipan deserves it. ICK.
posephus at 10:46AM on 03/11/09
I'm with bobbob. Marzipan is wonderful and strange in that medieval way.
My princess cake for Thanksgiving went over like a bit of a lead balloon, but I adored it.
rosasharne at 10:55AM on 03/11/09
Well, I'm not a hater, I simply don't care for marzipan...to me, it's just as inedible as fondant. But don't be sad, it means more for you!
brooke29 at 11:18AM on 03/11/09
Marzipan tastes far superior to fondant ANY DAY!
peachfish at 12:12PM on 03/11/09
There are a few theories as to why the cake is green, but my favorite is that it's representative of spring's first shoots coming up through the cold Nordic snow.
cakespy at 1:15PM on 03/11/09
You got to flavor your fondant folks. Plain fonant is a cardinal sin. I am a marzipan hater btw so I would make almond flavored fondant if I was making it. Now I tried marzipan over and over and it is just ewww for me.
I tried no deal.
JerzeeTomato at 2:35PM on 03/11/09
The cake reminds me of a very pink boob, in a good sort of way.
leeber at 5:05PM on 03/11/09
I love this cake, I made it for my birthday. Of course it wasnt anything like as impressive as this gorgeous one! Love marzipan.
jennywenny at 6:50PM on 03/11/09