The ornate snowflake decoration on top turned out to be more akin to marzipan than to conventional icing.
Because I don't do marzipan, I don't have marzipan in my house, and my kids don't eat marzipan.
Flavours such as apricot, marzipan, violet and rosewater were phased out long ago in favour of more contemporary tastes, he says.
They did a dreamy marzipan concoction in the shape of a cone topped with a maraschino cherry and covered in vanilla frosting.
Neither have the handmade wooden toys, glass ornaments or marzipan bars on which we spent a small fortune for family members back home.
Or other local specialties like marzipan frutta martorana, or ossi dei morti (bones of the dead) or giuggiolena, a kind of sesame torrone.
Last year, bakers at the British Sugarcraft Guild were reportedly told that using Olympic symbols in icing and marzipan modelling would breach copyright.
In anticipation of the gloriously grisly event, stores and markets fill with miniature coffins, skulls and skeletons made of chocolate, marzipan, paper, cardboard or clay.
And in fact I think the reason that we included a chapter like that is because a lot of people do at-home cake decorating, and marzipan and fondant are, like, really important in cake decorating.
It doesn't matter that I don't even celebrate Christmas or that my goal is unattainable after all, the complete holiday cookie would feature chocolate and a bit of gingerbread as well as a dash of peppermint and a hint of marzipan, a combination that would be just awful.
Afternoon tea at the swanky-and-sleek MO Bar will get an Easter touch April 6 through 9, when guests can help themselves to an elaborate holiday dessert buffet including hand-painted chocolate eggs, custard tarts sprinkled with currants and traditional British treats of the season, such as hot cross buns and marzipan-covered Simnel cake.
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