Christmas Marzipan Cake

Method

• Preheat the oven to 350F / 175C. Adjust the oven rack to a middle position. Butter a 9-inch (25 cm) loaf pan and dust it with flour.
• Shred the marzipan like you would a block of cheese then, using a mixer, whisk it together with 2 eggs to a smooth mixture. In a second mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, and almond extract to a fluffy mixture. Add the remaining 2 eggs and keep whisking until well combined and fluffy. Stir flour, corn starch, and baking powder together and sieve it into the butter mixture. Add the marzipan – egg mixture and whisk everything into a smooth batter. Transfer the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smoothen the surface.
• Bake for 60 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool down in the baking pan for 20 minutes, then remove from the baking pan and let cool down completely on a cooling rack.
• Melt the chocolate in a warm water bath and coat the cake with it. Garnish with almonds if you like.