when do I put the marzipan on my Christmas cake?

[deaconblue]

two weeks before? Week before? Need time to ice and decorate obviously. Also what are you doing for decoration? Last year I did tiny icing stars with silver balls on each point. dunno what to put on it this year

a week before you ice

thank you

You're welcome.
Made mine yesterday, been sniffing it all day.
Not too bothered about decoration though, lots of marzipan and icing. I just like eating it.

I have been known to push it to two days apart, but ideally I think bout a week too

heaps of peaked icing, and roll some royal (or whatever) icing into balls and make snowmen? last two years the kids have had that ready coloured roll-out icing and made scarves and hats for the snowmen, robins, holly leaves and berries, all kinds of stuff. they love it, any age from around 2

Oh I thought you "marzipanned" and "iced" the same day. Is that wrong? So what do you do with it once it is with marzipan?

think the marzipan needs to set a bit

actually i have no idea why - just one of those things granny brainwashed me to do

BTW i think if you are using the bought, roll-out variety they are made to do without ceremony

i usually leave about a week between Marzipanning and icing - it gives time for the marzipan to dry out. I usually leave it overnight in the air after marzipanning, then putit in a tin for the rest of the week until I ice it. Hope this is helpful. I've been doing it for years and have never yet had a disaster......