It's funny how marzipan can really divide a room in terms of who likes it and who loathes it.  If you are the sort of person who loves marzipan then here are some quick and fun ideas that you can try out.  Of course, if you don't have the time to make the marzipan from scratch you can always buy a block from the supermarket!

Unboiled Marzipan

1 lb of ground almonds
4 oz of castor sugar
4 oz of sieved icing sugar
Juice of small lemon
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 egg white
Colouring

Mix up the dry ingredients and make a well in the center so that you can add the flavourings.  Make sure you use enough egg white so that the mixture can become a soft and dry paste.  If desired, you can need in any colouring.

Mock Marzipan

3 oz of butter
4 oz of sugar
 1/8 pint of water
Almond essence
6 oz of soya flour

Place the butter, sugar and water into a pan and allow to boil whilst stirring and then remove from the heat.  Add in a few drops of the essence and stir in the soya flour, little by little.  Turn it out onto a board.  If you need to you can add in more essence and then kneed it evenly.  Roll it out as desired.

Stuffed Dates

Dassert dates
Marzipan (coloured if you wish)
Nuts or glace cherries (if desired)

Take the stones out of the dates  and place some marzipan in the gap, the marzipan of course should be rolled out to the correct shape before placing in the date.  If you like, you can also place an almond, cherry or piece of walnut on top.  You can also roll the dates in castor sugar.

Neapolitan Bars

Marzipan
Colourings
Icing sugar
Egg white

Divide the marzipan into three equal portions and knead a different colour (eg pink, yellow and white) into each.  Roll them out onto a board that is well covered with icing sugar.  You need to cut them into strips measuring 2 1/2 inches wide and 1/8 inch thick.  Place the 4 or 5 strips on top of each other.  Make sure they alternate in color and brush each layer with egg white before adding the next layer.  Press the layers together and wrap them in greaseproof paper.  Put them in a cold place so that they become firm.  Then cut them into whatever shape you like, for example squares or triangles.

Marzipan Cherries

Marzipan
Glace cherries

Divide the marzipan into equally sized parts and then form them into strips.  You then use these strips to wrap around the cherries, making sure the top of the cherry shows.  Allow them to become fairly firm. 

Another idea is to cut the cherries up into small pieces and mix them into the marzipan.  Then form them into little balls and allow them to become firm.