Add a touch of seasonal charm to your December place settings with this artfully delicious treat. Molded marzipan and chocolate-dipped almonds take shape as a petite pine cone, lightly dusted with cocoa powder and confectioners’ sugar to evoke freshly fallen snow. Find the video tutorial and instructions for this sweet accent below.
- Mold a piece of marzipan into a rounded, conical shape.
- Dip the ends of almond slices into melted chocolate, pressing them into the sides of the marzipan.
- Work around the whole “pine cone,” filling in blank spaces as you see fit.
- Sift cocoa powder over the finished pine cone.
- Sift confectioner’s sugar over the finished pine cone.
- Enjoy this petite, wintry place setting topper!
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