Cloved Lemon Soltelty

At our recent Royal Visit, I made a surprise gift for a friend who HATES cloved lemons. It is a novelty cloved lemon made of marzipan.

I made a lemon shape out of marzipan and made little indentations in the skin with the small side of a cheese grater. I painted the lemon with commercial food colouring, studded it with cloves and dusted it with caster sugar.

The presentation was greatly enjoyed by the populace, and the ''treat'' accepted with mixed emotions by the recipient :-)