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marchpane

marchpane

9.9
A sweet candy made from ground almonds and sugar, often formed into small shapes
  • noun
  • /ˈmɑːrʧpeɪn/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mazapán
  • One day she and I were in the kitchen, watching Mandy make marchpane.

Examples

  • At the historical fair, visitors could taste traditional marchpane made using recipes from the 18th century.

  • The chef prepared a delicate marchpane decorated with colorful fruits for the banquet.

  • He gifted her a box of marchpane as a sweet treat for their anniversary.

Synonyms

marzipan
vsmarchpane
9 4.6

A sweet mixture of ground almonds and sugar used to decorate cakes or make small shapes

is rooted in historical English cooking and mainly eaten rather than used for decoration

Surface Forms

marchpane singular
marchpanes plural

Etymology

Marchpane comes from the Italian word marzapane and the Spanish mazapán, the same word we now call marzipan. The -pane part means 'bread' in Italian, so think of marchpane as 'almond bread', which helps explain why it is a sweet made of ground almonds and sugar.