marzipan! what to do with it?!?!?

Question

ok for our anniversary this year my boyfriend and i are making each other presents as we are trying to save for a house! anyway I have always wanted to make those mini marzipan fruits and animals you see in shops but have never got around to it. I thought for our anniversary I would make him a box of marzipan shapes. I thought I would make shapes and objects which mean something to us, and things we have done together. For example a rhino because we recently went behind the scenes at the zoo and patted rhinos and we now love them!! but i don't know how to do it!! I bought a packet of marzipan but don't know what to do next. is is as simple as getting a bit of marzipan, adding food dye to it to colour it and then moulding it into the shape i want like clay? then leaving it?? or am i dreaming that it is that simple? if anyone knows please help me!!! how do i do it? what do i add if anything? what else do i need to know? do you bake them to make them set or just leave them as is? THANKS

Answer 1

Warm it just a tad and shape or mold it. Then I like it covered in dark chocolate.
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Answer 2

Marzipan Twist:

1¾ hours 1 hour prep
8 servings

1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 packages dry yeast
3 cups flour
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon lemons, zest of
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups ground almonds
2 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1. For dough, stir 1 tsp sugar with milka dn sprinkle with yeast.
2. Let sit 5 minutes until frothy.
3. Sift flour, sugar and salt.
4. Add melted butter and combine with flour.
5. Knead on a floured surface cover and let rise for 40 minutes.
6. mix together almondes, egg white, sugar and vanilla.
7. Roll out dough into a 18 by 12 inch rectangle, spread with filling.
8. Roll up legnthwise and cut into 2 equal lengths.
9. Twist together.
10. Place on baking sheet and let rise 15 minutes.
11. Bake at 400m degrees for 35 minutes until golden brown.
12. Serve warm.

Answer 3

yum, don't try anything too ambitious till you have a few tries, practice first. the idea of chocolate on it is great, or you could use it the most simple way - bake a cake, roll out the marzipan and place it over the cake, then ice it and write your man a note on to of it.