Recipe - Chocolate Almond Logs

2 cup Vanilla wafer crumbs
1 One fourth cup Confectioner's sugar
One half cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 pack Marzipan; about 200 to 250 g
2/3 cup Whipping cream
1 cup Coarsely shredded almonds;
toasted
Corn syrup
Finely chopped almonds;
toasted

Stir together wafer crumbs, sugar, cocoa and salt in a medium bowl. Crumble
marzipan into a large mixer bowl. Add wafer crumb mixture and whipping
cream. Blend at low speed until mixture forms a smooth dough. Stir in
coarsely chopped almonds. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a
cylinder or roll about 1 One fourth inches in diameter. Heat a small amount of
corn syrup ; brush each log with the syrup and roll in the finely chopped
almonds. Chill until firm. Slice to serve. Store in refridgerator.

Recipe by: Winnipeg Free Press

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #925 by Mardi amdesjar@mb.sympatico.ca on
Nov 26, 1997