CHRISTMAS: rum truffles and marzipan potatoes.

hello, my dears! i have started my first christmas bakery session some days ago and today i want to share some of the results with you. this time i'm sharing some photos of my rum truffles and marzipan potatoes with you. i have made them last year for the very first time ever. marzipan potatoes are an all time christmas favourite of my dear brother, so i wanted to try out the recipe to gift him with some of them on christmas eve, and i succeeded. the rum truffles are a bit elaborate, especially if you grate all the chocolate yourself. each time i do that i have to time 30 minutes more for my baking session.

you can find the recipes of the rum truffles and the marzipan potatoes below.

i'm wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

rum truffles

this is what you need:

• 100g butter/margarine
• 300g dark chocolate
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons rhum
• 100g chocolate shavings

this is what you have to do:

1. grate the chocolate.
2. mix the chocolate with soft butter, cocoa powder and rhum to a smooth dough.
3. form balls of a diameter of approx. 2cm.
4. turn the chocolate truffles in the chocolate shavings.
5. let the truffles cool down for several hours.

marzipan potatoes:

this is what you need:

• 250g marzipan paste
• 90g icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon rhum
• 50g cocoa powder

this is what you have to do:

1. mix together all the ingredients except the cocoa powder.
2. form balls of a diameter of approx. 2cm.
3. roll the marzipan potatoes in a bowl filled with the cocoa powder.

bon apétit!

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