Drying the marzipan layer on the Christmas Cake

Hello,

If the recipe doesn’t say to keep it in an airtight tin you probably don’t need to.

If you are doing royal icing leaving time for the marzipan to dry before you ice it is important as the oil in the nuts can seep through and stain the icing. This is more likely if you use homemade marzipan.

Whenever we’ve decorated our cakes with bought natural marzipan and then fondant the same time, we’ve not had any problems.

Kind regards

Lindsey