1,534 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

This site uses only a few technical cookies necessary for its operation. By continuing to browse, you accept their use.
To find out more...

Marzipan (almond paste)

Name: Marzipan (almond paste)
Prep time: 11 min
Total time: 11 min
Yield: 300 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150 g icing sugar; 150 g ground almonds; 1 egg white; 7 drops food colouring

Very easy to do if you have a food processor which can slice or grate a lot of things.

648 K 3× 4.1/5 (151 reviews)

15 min.

Easy

3.60 €

300 g

4 Ingredients

Last modified on: December 19^th 2021

For 300 g, you will need:

1 150 g icing sugar
2 150 g ground almonds
3 1 egg white
4 7 drops food colouring (optional)
Total weight: 330 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 15 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put 150 g ground almonds in a bowl, then sieve on top 150 g icing sugar. We use the sieve to remove any lumps.

Mix the two thoroughly, this mix is call "tant-pour-tant" (like-for-like) by French pastrycooks.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pour the mixture into a food processor.

If you want a coloured marzipan, add a few drops of food colouring at this point.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 min.

Turn on the food processor, and add egg white, spoon by spoon...

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

...until the mixture forms a ball, which takes a maximum of 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Place the resulting ball on a sheet of cling film.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Flatten into a patty and fold the film carefully.

Put in the fridge until use.

Remarks

It's delicious on its own, but can be used for modelling cake decorations, put in the bottom of a tart, or for making several cakes.

Keeping: Several days in the frifge, folded in a plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	30 RDI=10 %	180 RDI=20 %	80 RDI=10 %	1,570 RDI=80 %	6,560 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g	9 RDI=3 %	50 RDI=5 %	30 RDI=4 %	480 RDI=20 %	1,990 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: Nuts, egg

How much will it cost?

For 300 g : 3.60 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

Some other recipes using this recipeSee them all 7

Arizona cupcakes

Cupcakes are small sponge cakes. In their original American version, they are usually decorated with brightly coloured icing. Here's a version inspired by the famous saguaro cactus, so common in Arizona.
232 K 14.6 1 hour 50 min.

How to make marzipan decorations

Making marzipan decorations for cakes or desserts is fairly simple. Here are some tips to make it even easier.
228 K 24.3 15 min.

Agen prune cake

This cake from Agen, in southwestern France, is a type of brioche. Inspired by the famous "tarte au sucre" (sugar tart), it is like a thick "galette" with a moist texture, filled with prunes and marzipan with Armagnac.
57 K3 1 hour 55 min.

Provençal colombier for Pentecost

The "colombier" (dove cake) is a traditional cake for Pentecost from the south of France, flavoured with orange and almonds. This very moist cake is quite dense as it is made with marzipan (almond paste). It can be eaten on its own or as a dessert, with or without ice cream.
76 K5 1 hour 6 min.

Fraisier (French strawberry cake)

This classic French patisserie is a delicious assembly of 2 layers of genoa sponge filled with strawberries and crème mousseline (confectioner's custard with butter). The sponge is soaked in strawberry syrup and the cake is topped with a thin layer of marzipan.
190 K4.2 2 hours 45 min.

This recipe uses (among others)

Other recipes you may also like

Chestnut cake

This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.

August 28^th 2025353 K5 1 hour 15 min.

Passion fruit jellies

Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .

July 4^th 2018347 K4 2 hours 30 min.

Rice pudding (riz au lait)

My personal version of this classic family recipe.

December 18^th 2018414 K5 40 min.

Almond cream

Light and delicious, it is used in a lot of desserts like tarts, cakes and pies (epiphany galette).

August 31^th 2025486 K 25 20 min.

French dressing (vinaigrette)

Here is a very simple recipe, but it could completely transform, maybe even transcend, your salad.

July 7^th 20111.07 M4.5 7 min.

News list of cooking-ez.com

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

The 3 comments already posted on this recipe

Thanks! I am going to try it.
Posted by Olga december 26^th 2013 at 22:38 n° 3
1) see "preservation" in top of recipe
2) usually no, because egg white powder is dry (so water should be added to)
Posted by jh december 26^th 2013 at 12:07 n° 2
Looks like it's easy to make. How long does marzipan paste keep in the refrigerator? Can egg white powder be used as a substitute for raw egg white? Thank you for the beautiful recipe!
Posted by Olga december 26^th 2013 at 07:42 n° 1

Follow this recipe (as 2 people already do)

If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.

Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.