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succade

succade

9.9
Pieces of fruit cooked and coated with sugar to decorate cakes
  • noun
  • /sʌˈkeɪd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : fruta confitada
  • He garnished the dessert with a piece of orange succade.

Examples

  • The cake was studded with colorful succade and nuts.

  • I love the taste of succade in fruitcake.

  • Boxes of succade were displayed in the bakery window.

  • The cake was beautifully decorated with succade.

  • The cake was studded with colorful succade and nuts.

  • He garnished the dessert with a piece of orange succade.

  • I love the taste of succade in fruitcake.

Synonyms

candied fruit
vssuccade
1 2.7

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated in sugar for a sweet treat

is mainly for decoration on confections rather than as a baking ingredient
crystallized fruit
vssuccade
  • US
3.4

Fruit cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar

emphasizes decorative use in confectionery rather than preservation

Surface Forms

succade singular
succades plural

Etymology

The word succade probably comes from Italian or French words like succata that mean a fruit 'made sweet with sugar'. So succade is easy to remember as pieces of fruit cooked and kept in sugar for sweets or decoration.