This traditional Easter fruit cake is topped with 11 spheres of homemade marzipan, representing all the Apostles, minus Judus. Decorate with a wide yellow ribbon. First make the marzipan.

Mark a criss-cross pattern on the marzipan with a sharp knife. Form the remaining marzipan into 11 balls. Brush the marzipan with beaten egg and arrange the marzipan balls around the edge of the cake.

There’s also a delicious layer of almond paste in its center and is decorated with marzipan balls - or, in the case of our recipe from Divine Chocolate, miniature chocolate eggs. The below ...

marzipan and nougat confections. Salzburg Schokolade went bankrupt last year, putting an end to 65 jobs and a production line ...

In addition to classic marzipan balls, nowadays you can get colourful figures such as yours truly. And there is always an exciting process behind it – starting with the ingredients, some of which come ...