marzipan
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- noun
- /ˈmɑr.zɪˌpæn/
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mazapán
- She used marzipan to cover the cake before adding the icing.
- marzipan cake
- almond marzipan
- marzipan confection
It smells, assuming you like kind of almondy marzipan smells, smells amazing.
- It smells, assuming you like kind of almondy marzipan smells, smells amazing.
Examples
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If I do make a cake, I'm going to put marzipan on it so you won't eat any of it.
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I am making it for my little girl's birthday with a rainbow marzipan layer over the top.
Blog text (22) -
I believe that Molland's marzipan is as fine as any in Bath.
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She keeps all the marzipan for herself.
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In a pastry shop window, marzipan pigs gamboled around chocolate cakes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Oscar proffered a one-pound box of marzipan from Heidi's Kandy Kitchen, a concession he'd found tucked away in a strip mall.
Fiction book (1999) -
The cake was beautifully decorated with marzipan figures shaped like animals.
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For dessert, we enjoyed a slice of rich chocolate cake filled with marzipan.
Synonyms
A sweet candy made from ground almonds and sugar, often formed into small shapes
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Etymology
The word marzipan probably comes from the Italian marzapane, where pan means 'bread' and the first part refers to almonds. So you can remember marzipan as a kind of 'almond bread', which explains why it is a sweet almond paste used to cover cakes and make shapes.