[Sca-cooks] Re: Cake Class

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> I am certainly no Alys Katharine, nor am I a noted for work in sugarplate,
> but I have made and used it.  There is a good reason why I am not noted for
> my work in that medium.  I do not like it.  It is not warm to the touch but
> feels rather like the flesh of a dead person to me.

Eeeeewwww!  How many dead people have you felt, milady?

> When I use it I have
> found that by mixing in some marzipan I have a whole new substance I call
> marziplate.  It is lots more flexible for the kinds of work that I do and
> does not have that feel of the dead to it.

Fair enough.  Handling-wise, how does this differ from straight marzipan?
What kinds of work is it good for?

Selene of the many questions