Making Marzipan Mushroom Decorations for a Yule Log

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm Judy Brosco on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to show you how to make marzipan decorations for your yule log cake. Marzipan is a sweet dough made from almonds and sugar. And you can find it in your grocery store ready made. We're going to start by taking a small piece off and we're going to start by making some mushrooms. It helps to have a little vegetable shortening to grease your fingers to prevent stickiness. So a couple of times to make it soft. We're going to take a little ball size here. And these ball sizes can vary depending on the size of the mushroom you want to have. Roll it into a ball, set it down and take another little piece and roll it into a cylinder. Going to cut the ends off, using your little finger, kind of cap it and mold it, making a mushroom cap shape. At this time, if you like, you can take a little knife, the back side and make the gills of the mushroom. Like that. Take the stem, push it in and set it aside. Make one more. Make a cap, roll a little log for the stem. Cut off your end pieces. Detail on the underside. And push your stem in. Now make as many as you want. You can take a little cocoa and lightly dust, so it looks like soil from nature."