Cherries are one of my favorite summer fruits, second, perhaps, only to July peaches. When they're good, they're amazing, but they are also capable of being flavorless and too soft. These cherries I bought at Market street, and I realize that as it's only the beginning of summer I'm running the risk of wasting $9 on cherries that were awful, but I took my chances.
Now I've never cooked with fresh cherries; they rarely survive the car ride home, but as these were not of the huge black variety I was able to contain myself and give it a shot. I was determined not to distract from the cherries themselves so I kept it simple and lovely.

Keep the marzipan cold, if it melts it will become sticky and impossible to work with!