Mazarinkage
You’re probably all wondering, why does she keep posting recipes with marzipan? Well, all I can say is that marzipan is immensely popular in Denmark and it’s a natural part of baking (and besides….I like it)
Mazarinkage is a classic Danish cake found in most bakeries. It’s a sponge cake made with Marzipan which makes the cake moist, sweet and compact. There are many different variations of this cake. Some make it with orange juice/mashed oranges, amaretto or with a nougat glaze instead of the chocolate ganache, all sounding very enticing. But for this post I wanted to keep it close to the way I remember the cake, simply delicious.
Mazarinkage - The ganache is still moist in this picture, and yes I stole a piece of cake before putting the ganache on 🙂
Ingredients:
For the dough:
100 grams all-purpose flour (3 5/8 oz)
100 grams cornstarch (3 5/8 oz)
1 tablespoon baking powder
200 grams butter, melted (7 1/4 oz)
200 grams marzipan, grated (7 1/4 oz)
4 eggs
200 grams confectioners sugar (7 1/4 oz)
For the ganache:
100 grams semi-sweet chocolate, chopped (4 oz)
1 deciliter half and half (3.4 oz or 0.4 cup)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, add flour, cornstarch and baking powder, set aside. In a small saucepan melt butter and set aside to cool. Grate marzipan and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand-mixer, with the speed on medium, beat eggs and confectioners sugar. While continuing to beat, add cooled butter in a thin stream. Add marzipan and then add remaining dry ingredients.
Spray with baking spray or butter a round 9 inch (23 cm) spring-form pan. Pour dough into spring-form and bake 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool on a cooling rack.
To make ganache: Add half and half and chopped chocolate to a small saucepan. Over medium-low heat melt chocolate, stirring frequently until mixture starts to thicken. Remove cake from spring-form and spread ganache over top of cake. Enjoy!
Source: adapted from Kvalimad
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