Marzipan recipes - I have Marzipan Angst - please help!

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I always make my own marzipan for the Christmas cake - but the recipe I use (by the blessed Saint Delia), is a proper faff. You have to whisk the eggs and sugar over simmering water for 10 minutes, then put the bowl in cold water and whisk until the mixture is cooled, then stir in the almonds, brandy and almond essence.

Is this all really necessary? I have looked at a couple of other recipes on the net, and none of them suggest cooking the egg and sugar mixture - basically you just bung it all in together, and mix until it is marzipan. I would love to make my life a bit easier, but I have severe Christmas Marzipan Angst, and am worried that it won't be as good as Delia's. Though how cooking the eggs and sugar would affect the taste, I don't know - I am being ridiculous, I know.

So - do any of you make your own marzipan, with a non-cook recipe, and is it delicious - please?

I love baking, but I draw the line at making marzipan. I just buy it

Yes - no cook is delicious! I never would have attempted your recipe!

Did my cake this morning. Mix ground almonds, castor sugar and icing sugar. I did in mixer because I'm lazy but I had quite a lot to do. Then add beaten egg, lemon juice, sherry, almond extract. Tastes great. I suppose the only issue is you will be eating raw egg which some people don't like/can't have.

I think it tastes better than bought and is pretty easy

Thank you both. No-cook it is, then. Hurrah!! for all!

I do the Delia Quick Almond Paste one (almonds, icing sugar, caster sugar, lemon juice, almond extract and alcohol - I use Amarretto)

It's got raw eggs but the alcohol and lemon juice helps to preserve it.
I used this on my cake this year (did on Wednesday then iced the same day)

I used it on my parents Golden Wedding Cake a couple of years back (and they're still here)

Thank you all - I have done a variant of that one, 70isa Limit - it turned out a bit soft, but I splodged it onto the cake and smoothed it out, and it looks OK - and tastes fine. Now all I have to do is ice it. I am so looking forward to royal icing, and icing sugar all over the kitchen - not!