The cake has been fed once a week or so since it was made, so it looks very rich
I put the apricot jam on to boil...
..and set about kneading the marzipan. The cake is 10 inches in diameter, so it needed about 2 and a half pounds of marzipan.
I used a little bit of the marzipan to fill "sultana" gaps, and taround the bottom of the cake.
Next, I measured out the size of the cake including the sides, so I knew how big a circle of marzipan I need.
By this time, the jam was ready....
..so I covered the cake with it.
And then I rolled out the marzipan, and lifted it on to the cake.....
....then with some smoothing and cutting, it was eventually done.
