Comments on: Pistachio Marzipan Petit-Four Cake

By: Rebecca Freedman

Rebecca Freedman — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:41:19 +0000

Made this cake over Christmas for my MIL’s birthday. It was fantastic!! I cheated a bit and bought marzipan in a can and rolled it out and it was still incredibly tasty. I didn’t think it took me that long to make (maybe because I skipped a step?). Decorated it with marzipan flowers with pistachio middles. It was so good everyone was raving about it and we ate it for 3 days straight!!
Thanks so much for the recipe-

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:17 +0000

I tried this recipe out for my family for Easter. While it did take me a long time, it was wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this!!!

By: Hoda

Hoda — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:05:14 +0000

Hi! I’m planning on making this cake for a friends birthday and was wondering how you think a chocolate marzipan top would hold up. I’m thinking of replacing the chocolate ganache with a marzipan or chocolate marzipan coating and was curious if you think the cakes are dense enough to hold it. Also do you have a good chocolate marzipan recipe?

By: allie

allie — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:10:01 +0000

has anyone tried the pistachio/marzapan cupcake pastry at bouley bakery? i wonder how it compares. would lovveeee a recipe for that!

By: UglyMuglyCowHead

UglyMuglyCowHead — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:39:39 +0000

I just made this for my birthday last week! It was definitely one of the best cakes I’ve had. I made mine into four layers, to compensate for one of them coming out twice as big as the other two. I also used home made apricot preserves that my mother and I made last summer, with apricots from our own tree too! The cake itself was very flavorful and dense, I almost want to make it again just as a pound cake. I had some trouble with the roses too and just gave up in the end and stuck candles on it!