Rings in a rush
Recipe for kransekage star
If time is short and you need a quick recipe for marzipan cake for New Year’s or guests.
Here it is.
Ingredients
- 375 gram Raw marzipan Room temperature
- 30 gram egg white
- 112 gram Powdered Sugar
- Powdered Sugar For kneading and rolling out
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius (374 degrees Fahrenheit) fan.
- Cut the marzipan into smaller pieces and put them in a mixing bowl along with the powdered sugar. Mix the marzipan and powdered sugar well and gradually add the egg whites until you have a delicious and slightly sticky dough.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly powdered sugar-dusted surface.
- Divide the dough into 3 pieces and roll them out into sausages about 1 - 1.5 centimeters thick.
- Form each sausage into a triangle and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Bake the shaped kransekage triangles in a conventional oven at 190 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
- When the kransekage is lightly golden, remove them and place them on a cooling rack.
- Once the kransekage has cooled, brush the bottom with melted chocolate and let the chocolate set. Before adding a light and beautiful icing pattern on the top.
- Now place the decorated kransekage triangles on top of each other to form a star.
- Serve on a beautiful platter decorated for New Year's.
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Notes
This was my first attempt at kransekage. My dough was likely a bit too wet and kneaded too little. However, it tasted delightful.