marzipan

Marzipan is often also called almond paste and is a blend of ground almonds and natural sugars.

Cake-stuff.com recommends Renshaw (holders of the royal warrant) Rencol Marzipan and White Continental Almond Paste. These are professional quality almond marzipans with a natural, or "white" colour without the yellow-gold colouring added to cheap supermarket marzipans.

For busier cake makers, cake-stuff.com also recommends our own Premium Natural Marzipan - produced by Renshaw but labelled as own-brand marzipan.  This is our best-selling marzipan and is available in 2.5kg (5.5lb) and 5kg (11lb) trade packs only, but offers great quality and fantastic value for money.

As obvious as it seems, we are legally obliged to state that marzipan is a nut product and unsuitable for anyone with a nut allergy or intolerance.  Marzipan is suitable for vegetarians.

Photo is of one of the official wedding cakes created for the marriage of HRH Princess Elizabeth (as she was then) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Royal Navy, in 1947.  We have an actual piece of this cake in its original cake box.

As you browse pack sizes, please be sure you are purchasing the correct product as we cannot accept the return of marzipan for food safety reasons.  This does not affect your statutory rights.

Please click here for more details of our Food Safety Policy.

How much marzipan will you need to cover your cake?  Please click here to see our cake covering guide.

PRICE WARNING . . . SPRING - SUMMER 2010 will see a substantial increase in the price of almonds on the international commodities markets.  This is largely due to a poor crop in late 2009.  Our prices have not been affected to date but our suppliers are warning to expect increases of as much as 30% during the rest of 2010.  We strongly advise stocking up before prices increase - we realise this sounds like a sales ploy but it's genuinely not.  BBE dates are December at earliest - take advantage before prices jump!

Shipping Summary:  Orders to all UK addresses up to 1.5kg are normally shipped by Royal Mail 2nd / 1st class post.  Orders to UK mainland addresses between 1.5kg and 20kg are normally shipped by APC Carriers at a fixed rate of only £5.95.  Orders to UK non-mainland addresses over 1.5kg (Northern Ireland, Scottish Islands, Isle of Man, Channel Islands and BFPO addresses) are shipped by Royal Mail Standard Parcels. 

Colour using concentrated paste colours to avoid changing consistency of marzipan.  Click here to see our range of professional paste colours.

Marzipan can also be coloured very effectively using powder and dust colours.  Click here to see our range of professional powder and dust colours.