There is one very special marzipan figurine among the array in the marzipan room at Café Maiasmokk. A young man gave this little doll to his fiancée in 1936. Decades later, their daughters, now of a respectable age, brought the figurine back to where their father had once bought it.
The daughters said that their parents’ marriage lasted 50 years and that they passed away very shortly after one another. The daughters found the marzipan doll in their mother’s bedside table: the doll had been so dear to her that it had stayed with her all her life. As children, the daughters were sometimes allowed to admire the marzipan doll: the doll was much lighter back then, and packed in a box lined with strips of tissue paper.
This marzipan doll that was once given as a token of love brought the young couple luck for half a century. Because of its age and its special history, it is the most dignified exhibit in the marzipan room.
The marzipan girl was later named Lucy. That has its own story, too. A group of elderly English ladies were once visiting the marzipan room. Upon seeing the figurine, one of them gasped, “Lucy!” It is not known whether she had a similar-looking doll as a child, or if the figurine reminded her of the popular 1960s sitcom character, Lucy. In any case, the famous marzipan girl had been given a great name.
